Reimagining the future of global health initiatives – presentation

This presentation was made at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Japan in November 2024 by Sophie Witter of Queen Margaret University.

This ReBUILD-affiliated panel session shared findings on the complex political economy factors that shape the current aid ecosystem, drawing from a study which examined the role of global health initiatives at global and country levels. This research fed into the 2023 Lusaka Agenda. The findings were debated with the panellists (representing national, global and research funder perspectives) and the audience. The aim was to develop stronger collective understanding of where leverage for change may lie, and how to proactively manage political economy factors that prevent reforms to improve aid alignment in support of country-led, sustainable and equitable universal health coverage.

A case study on ReBUILD’s contribution to the Future of Global Health Initiatives can be found here.