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1 8am 5pm The WHO Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: from high level policy commitment to collaborative mechanisms to advance implementation World Health Organization AMFm Reflections learning from new evidence on the Affordable Medicine Facility Malaria District health systems strengthening and community health platforms: presentations and discussion of evidence based on three decades of experience in Africa and Asia United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) 8am 12:30pm Enhancing health systems and sustaining public health gains while preparing for transition from donor funding The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Using Results-Based Financing to Strengthen Health Systems The World Bank Health Care Beyond Borders Asian Development Bank Enhancing resilient access and delivery of new health technologies in low and middle income countries through multiple pathways: - The access and delivery partnership Ghana Health Service Page 1

2 9am 11am From Data to Usable Information: Using Dashboards to Enable Data-Led Decision making John Snow Inc. Disability and health: approaches, methodologies and tools for measuring inclusion Sightsavers By invitation only - Power and Innovations to enhance health systems performance: Lessons from six African Countries funded under the Global Health Policy and Systems Research Program (WOTRO Science for Global Development, the Netherlands) Makerere University School of Public Health From Intuition to Evidence: Connecting practitioners and researchers to build the evidence on leadership, management, governance s contribution to resilient health systems Management Sciences for Health Integration for Resilience: how integrated health services and systems can contribute to building resilient health systems. Lessons from HIV and primary-care integration studies Page 2

3 12pm 2pm By invitation only - Launch of an interactive toolkit developed by country practitioners through the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) to be used by countries endeavouring to improve use of data analytics to routinely monitor and improve health care provider payment systems for universal health coverage goals Results for Development Institute Setting an Agenda for Scaling-Up Integrated Health Services: The Role of Global Health Initiatives and Donors The Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria Health Systems Strengthening - A ten-year reflection! The evolution of Health Systems Strengthening over the past decade IMA World Health How to (or Not) Respond to Health Systems & apos; Shocks - lessons from Ebola, climate change, migration and the financial crisis. Page 3

4 1:30pm 5pm Making the health system work for mothers and children in low resource settings: Strengthening systems, improving performance, and deepening accountability. Lessons from India for the World The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Strengthening Routine Health Information Systems through Regional Networks John Snow Inc. Getting Research Into Policy in Health - Politics, Institutions, and the Governance of Evidence Complexity Science for Health Systems 4th Edition from pandemics to organizational complexity Complexity Science Lab, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada Page 4

5 3pm 5pm Global Learning Laboratory for Quality Universal Health Coverage University Research Co. LLC Getting there: working within existing health systems to overcome barriers to maternal and reproductive health care Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Launch of the Evidence Synthesis for Health Systems: A Methods Reader Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research Development of an optimal workforce for 90:90:90: health worker considerations for improved and innovative service delivery models for HIV care HRH203 Projecth Making measurement easier Equity, a mobile Metrics for Management How to evaluate humanitarian interventions? Page 5

6 Skills Building Sessions Harbour Centre 8am 5pm Methods for strengthening efforts in health systems and workforce planning to meet the health care needs of people WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning & Research, Dalhousie University; McMaster University; University of Zambia; World Health Organization How to write a good paper and get it published: publishing, peer review and innovation BioMed Central Practicing Knowledge Translation: A comprehensive course in active approaches to evidence implementation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael s Hospital 8am 12pm Putting policy into practice: Increasing the quality and efficiency of research for health in the Americas Pan American Health Organization & UK Cochrane Centre - Oxford University Running like a well-oiled machine? Preparing leaders and managers for an uncertain future in complex systems IntraHealth International; Johnson & Johnson; University of Capetown; Management Sciences for Health; Directed Creativity How to do Gender Analysis in Health Systems Research Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Makere University; Kemri-Wellcome Trust; Pamoja Communications Innovations to accelerate achievement of Universal Health Care through Implementation Research and Capacity Building for Health Systems Strengthening Great Lakes University of Kisumu; University of Ottawa; University of Geneva Page 6

7 Skills Building Sessions Harbour Centre 1pm 5pm A Pragmatic Guide to Health Systems Implementation Research Institute of Development Studies; Western University Navigating the Treacherous River of Access to Essential Medicines: Experience in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED); IDF Life For A Child (LFAC) program; Caring and Living as Neighbours (CLAN); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; University of Indonesia Using Tableau to create effective health information systems dashboards Jeff Knezovich, Quaternary Consulting CARE s Community Score Card: an introduction to a citizen-driven, socialaccountability approach to improve health service delivery and utilization outcomes CARE Heron drawing credit: B.C. artist Glen Rabena ( Page 7

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