Category: Learning site
Learning sites for health systems research: Reflections on five programs in Africa, Asia, and Central America
Paper draws from learning over three continents and five research and community engagement programs to reflect on the challenges and benefits of doing embedded research in learning sites
Communities mobilise and take health action in a Sierra Leone learning site
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to mobilise communities for health action in Sierra Leone
Empowering women in healthcare: A community-led initiative for resilience and integration
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to create a support group for informally-employed female refugee healthcare workers in Lebanon
Strengthening health system through advancement of data quality, evidence generation and use in decision-making: case study from a Learning Site in Nepal
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to strengthen the capacity to generate and utilise quality health data for effective planning in Kapilvastu, Nepal
Moving beyond capacity: A journey to evidence-based action
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work exploring the structures underlying the absence of a culture of evidence-based action and decision-making within the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee
Claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar
In this AUB video, the ReBUILD for Resilience team in Lebanon present on the claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar
Refugee women in the informal health sector in Lebanon: gendered experiences of close-to-community healthcare providers during the COVID-19 response
This paper explores the lived experiences of men and women close-to-community healthcare providers in Beqaa, Lebanon, examining their gendered experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Health Workers – a film
‘Health Workers’ is a film that chronicles the journey of five female health workers who challenge ingrained social norms after relocating from Syria to Lebanon, where they unexpectedly become the sole breadwinners for their families.
Video on the Kapilvastu Learning Site in Nepal
A video from HERD International which introduces the team’s learning site in Kapilvastu District in Nepal
Promoting evidence-based planning by enhancing stakeholders’ understanding of local evidence
A ReBUILD case study on capacity strengthening to encourage evidence-based decision making at the municipal level in Kapilvastu, Nepal
Navigating turbulence: an analysis of Lebanon’s healthcare system resilience during a multi-crisis situation
Fouad Fouad presents an assessment of Lebanon’s healthcare system’s ability to adapt to and withstand various challenges since 2019
From concept to reality: challenges of decentralising healthcare governance in Lebanon
Rouham Yamout speaks on the challenges of supporting the decentralising healthcare via the creation of a Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon.
Process documentation presentation
A presentation on HERD International’s process documentation processes – video and PDF
Building understanding of health system resilience in our Nepal learning site – a case study
A case study of HERD International’s early work at our learning site in Lumbini Province, Nepal
Sharing experiential learning from health policy and system research learning sites in diverse settings
Panel discussion reflects on the meaning and practice of ‘learning sites’ to advance health policy and systems research and its application for system strengthening