THeSyS Seminar Series: Interdisciplinarity, partnerships and making bioscience innovations in health work for the poor: what lessons can be shared between the North and the South?
Event: SeminarDate: 06 Jul 2009 00:00
Start date: 06 Jul 2009 13:30
End date: 06 Jul 2009 17:30
Speaker(s):
THeSyS Seminar Series: Inaugural Seminar
- Health systems strengthening and interdisciplinary – what are the issues?
Joanna Chataway, ESRC Innogen Centre, Open University - Fatal neglect – how health systems are failing comprehensively to address child mortality
Oliver Cumming, WaterAid - 'Vertical' intervention and catalytic health system strengthening for immunisation: lessons and current thinking
Rebecca Affolder, Imperial College - How best can health systems be strengthened in developing countries?
Anderson Chibwa, Zambia High Commissioner
Chair: Prof Myles Wickstead, Visiting Professor, The Open University and Board Member, Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)
Organised by:
Hosted by the ESRC Innogen Research Centre, in partnership with WaterAid
Venue:
The Open University in London,
1-11 Hawley Crescent,
Camden Town
London NW1 8NP
Background:
Recent ‘systems’ conceptualisations highlight an increasing attention towards the role of networking and interdisciplinary practice. There have been a number of attempts to promote more systemic approaches to science and technology innovation.
However, policy and practice rarely suggest a major shift away from disciplines and traditional linear approaches towards joined up policy between traditionally separate government departments or institutions (such as between health and science and technology ministries for example).
This seminar is the first in series of international seminars that are designed to explore and discuss the usefulness of interdisciplinarity, partnerships and systemic methods for making biomedical science innovations work for developing country health.
This inaugural seminar, one of the first follow-up activities after the THeSyS Workshop features representatives of development organisations, academic institutions and partners from developing countries who are all playing different roles towards building stronger health systems.
The seminar aims to raise pertinent issues in the global agenda towards health system strengthening and lay the foundation for further discussions in subsequent seminars and other platforms. As a specific case to buttress the discussions, the seminar will focus on child mortality and the emergence of interdisciplinarity and partnerships around this key health issue.
Programme for the day
1330 – 1420 Arrival, registration and lunch
1420 – 1430 Welcome remarks by the session chair, Prof Myles Wickstead
1430 – 1550 Presentations by panel (15 min each, with 5 min for points of clarification)
1550 – 1600 Refreshments break
1600 – 1700 Open discussion
1700 – 1710 Summing up and closing by session chair
1900 Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) Fundraising Concert (Alexander Baillie with Max Baillie), St-Mary's Church, Eastcheap, London EC4
Further details:
For further information, please contact Dr Julius Mugwagwa.
Innogen
Innogen is the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics. Formed in October 2002, it is part of the ESRC Genomics Network studying the evolution of genomics and life sciences and their far-reaching social and economic implications. For more information, please visit
Technologies for health system strengthening (THeSyS)
The THeSyS workstream builds on Innogen’s research in health innovation, and seeks to stimulate critical analysis and understanding of whether and how health systems can be strengthened through product development partnerships (PDPs) and other emerging health financing mechanisms. We also hope to shed some light into the possibility of defining and measuring the success of these partnerships and systems while looking at them from a ‘social technologies’ perspective. For more information please visit the THeSyS website.
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