The Sixth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research will bring together over 2,000 policy-makers, practitioners and researchers from more than 100 countries in Dubai in November 2020 to explore how we can build health systems which improve people's health and are socially just.
Building such a platform will require engagement from a diversity of policymakers, practitioners, researchers, advocates, educators and citizens concerned with the multiplicity of issues and disciplines that shape human health, including health systems, humanitarian health, social protection, environmental sustainability and climate change, data science, ethics, political economy, social science, media, and many more.
Theme: Re-imaging health systems for better health and social justice
Ten years on from the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, health systems around the world are still far from achieving the Sustainable Development Goal to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.
They remain predominantly sick care systems - disconnected from the broader upstream forces influencing health. A fundamental paradigm shift is needed if health systems are to be equipped to address complex and interconnected health and development challenges.
The Sixth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2020) will seek to break old silos and re-orient health systems to address public health and engage the political, social, and environmental forces that perpetuate health inequities and social injustices. It will explore how technological, data and social innovations can address these challenges, and how health systems research can support essential transformations in health systems.
HSR2020 will be a catalytic platform for sharing knowledge and experiences, raising awareness and advocating for change, building capacity, and developing partnerships for action.
Whether you work in policy, practice, research, advocacy or education; whether you are concerned about health systems, humanitarian health, social protection, environmental sustainability and climate change, data science, ethics, political economy, social science, media or more, we invite you to join us to learn, share, and inform the transformation of health systems.
Call for Abstracts
Contribute to HSR2020 by submitting:
- individual abstracts for the scientific programme (deadline 6 February);
- proposals for skills building sessions to develop the expertise of participants (deadline 6 February);
- and/or multimedia abstracts, including short films, animations, photo essays, virtual reality experiences, or other forms of multimedia (deadline 6 March).
See HSR2020's abstracts page for further information about how to submit.
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