Getting on the same page: the concept and assessment of ‘health systems strengthening’
In May 2021, the ReBUILD for Resilience consortium hosted a webinar – ‘Getting on the same page: the concept and assessment of health systems strengthening’. It explored the latest thinking on the conceptualisation of health systems strengthening and the prospects for adopting shared tools and approaches for its assessment. The resources generated from this session are available below.
A recording of the webinar (closed captions are available)
Q & A session
All of the questions/comments submitted by attendees during the session have been answered and can be viewed in this PDF. Questioners’ names have not been included. Some questions have responses from more than one panellist.
Presentation slides
Slides from all of the panellists’ presentations can be viewed in this PDF.
Additional resources
- The webinar gave particular focus to the findings of the 2021 report Evidence review of what works for health systems strengthening, where and when?, which was commissioned by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from the ReBUILD for Resilience and ReSYST research consortia.
- The paper that came out of the 2019 version of the report – Health system strengthening – reflections on its meaning, assessment and our state of knowledge.
- A blog post by Lynda Keeru which reflects on the session.
The panellists
- Dr Kabir Sheikh – Chair – policy adviser at Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research [opens in new window]
- Professor Sophie Witter – ReBUILD for Resilience research co-director
- Dr Jo Keatinge – HSS advisor to FCDO [opens in new window]
- Dr Olga Bornemisza – Health Systems Senior Advisor at The Global Fund [opens new window]
- Dr Sushil Baral – HERD International
- Dr Natasha Palmer – ITAD [opens new window]