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Health System & Research Ethics

In the Health System and Research Ethics Department we develop and conduct multidisciplinary, context relevant, ethically informed applied research that contributes to improving health through enhancing health system quality. Our focus is on conducting policy and practice relevant research that addresses health system efficiency, equity, responsiveness and resilience. Our research generates evidence that addresses national and global development priorities including Sustainable Development Goals – SDG1 (end poverty in all forms, everywhere), SDG 3 (good health and wellbeing), SDG 5 (gender equality), and SDG 10 (reducing inequalities) (UNDP 2015). To enhance the policy relevance of the work and promote evidence informed policy making we adopt an embedded approach characterized by partnerships and co-production of research with health sector policy makers, implementors and health care practitioners. Our work is grouped around the following areas: Health Services Research, Health Economics Research, Health Policy and Systems, and Ethics of research and practice. 

Research Areas

Health Services research

The Health Services Research aims to develop an understanding of how to improve quality and coverage of effective interventions to achieve desired health outcomes.

Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR)

Our HPSR is based on the conceptualization of health systems as complex adaptive systems (CAS) that comprises of both hardware and software

Health economics research

Our Health Economics Research span three broad thematic areas; the economics of health systems, economic evaluation of health care interventions

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Ethics of Research and Practice

Ethics is at the centre of all the work that is conducted by the Programme, as an area of scientific enquiry and in the operations of the Programme’s activities.

Platforms

Ethics

Ethics is at the centre of all the work that is conducted by the Programme, as an area of scientific enquiry and in the operations of the Programme’s activities.

Public Engagement

Support from the Wellcome Trust over has facilitated the development and growth of a diverse portfolio of novel and exciting people-centered engagement