Department of International Health Sessions at HSR2024

Monday, November 18:

Capacity strengthening session CS-292: Estimating Public Health Workforce Requirements for the 21^st Century: WHO and Partner Tools and Methodological Approaches, 8:30–12:15 JST, Room Conf. 1
Description: Please join to gain skills on estimating public health workforce requirements. We kindly encourage attendees to sign up in advance in order to better plan the session.

Tuesday, November 19:

Satellite session SS-102: Transforming Health Systems for Coordinated and Holistic Care: The Case for Integrating Rehabilitation, 8–12:30 JST. Hosted by the ReLAB-HS project. 

Wednesday, November 20: 

Poster: Key Themes for Evaluating International Research Partnerships: Results from a Scoping Review of Toolkits and Frameworks, Exhibition Hall. Prakriti Shrestha, PhD candidate. Session ID: PWEK35. 

Organized session O-602: Enhancing the Public Health Workforce: A Vital Foundation for Advancing Planetary Health through System Strengthening, 11:40–13:10 JST, Room 107
Description: Please join for a discussion on public health workforce reform to address new challenges such as climate change and pandemics. This session will feature speakers from the Government of India, U.S. CDC, and the WHO. 

SHAPES capacity strengthening session CS-336: History-Sensitive Strategies for Research, Policy Change and Systems Strengthening, 14:10–17:40 JST, Room 101a
Description: Inequities in health and access, as well as structural injustices are rooted in historic policy decisions and contexts. Staff turnover and institutional memory-loss, overly technical approaches, and deprioritization of longitudinal analyses limit our capacity to mitigate these forces. This participatory session hosted by the SHAPES TWG will enhance the capacity of researchers and practitioners to 1) understand how historical forces shape health systems and constrain change, 2) apply historical methodologies and analytic approaches to locate contemporary processes within trajectories and identify the causes of current challenges, and 3) use this knowledge to develop history-sensitive strategies for change towards learning systems.

Thursday, November 21:

Poster: HIV Programme Sustainability in Southern and Eastern Africa and the Changing Role of External Assistance for Health, Exhibition Hall. Abigail Neel, Research Associate II. Original abstract ID: 3488. Unique ID number: PTHA62. 

Organized session: Valuing ground-up perspectives: The integral role of medical anthropology in health policy and systems research, 8–9:30 JST, Room 108

SHAPES organized session TWG-13: Theoretical Magpies: Stealing Social Science t/Theories for Quality HPSR, 11:40–13:10 JST, Room 206
Description: The TWG ‘Social Science Approaches for Research and Engagement in Health Policy and Systems’ (SHAPES) is an eclectic group of health policy and systems researchers and practitioners who apply social science thinking and approaches in their engagement with health systems. In this exciting participatory session, SHAPES will highlight the most useful and exciting social science ‘t/Theories’ for different phases or aspects of HPSR. Many researchers find the idea of t/Theory intimidating – even if they know how important it is for rigorous HPSR design and analysis. Emerging researchers often ask, ‘where do I find the t/Theory?’ In this session, SHAPES members will demystify social science ‘t/Theory’ and speak to best experiences for theoretical application and development. This session will be user-friendly and welcoming to all brave researchers and practitioners who enjoy out of the box thinking.

Friday, November 22:

Poster: Financing Sustainable Immunization: The Impact of Cost Reduction Strategies on the Return-on-Investment of Cholera Vaccination Programs, 12–13:30, Exhibition Hall. Salin Sriudomporn, Research Associate II.