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Enhancing Stakeholder India Health Policy & Systems

Research Fellowship

Capabilities An initiative of Health Systems Transformation Platform, the fellowship program was launched in

January 2021. It aims to enhance capacity of mid-career public health professionals in health
policy and systems research (HPSR) methods to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in
Transformation is possible if policymakers, researchers & practitioners can health. The fellowship is organized in collaboration with eminent partners. It is envisaged, every
conceptualize, design, and implement reforms. Our training programs, year the fellowship programme will identify twenty fellows and train them in HPSR methods along
tailored to the Indian context, aim to build these capacities with a focus on with practical experience of conducting a HPSR study.
knowledge and skill transfer through creating immersive experiences in
real-world settings. The fellowship is a blended training program, spread over a period of 18 months, comprising
online, face-to-face modules, mentorship & implementation phase for conducting a HPSR study.
The program trains the researcher about policies, contents and the processes. The researcher is
empowered to identify policy processes like agenda setting, listing of all stakeholders and the
power that they wield to generate evidence.

Research with a systems perspective, that explores health issues within their specific contexts, is
key for designing solutions for improved health outcomes. HPSR methods allow us to focus on
the system as a whole and generate evidence for policy making. Hence, the vision for strategically
building capacity of researchers and practitioners in HPSR, culminated in the development of the
India HPSR Fellowship programme.

Course Structure

O1 ONLINE O2 FACE TO FACE O3 MENTORSHIP & RESEARCH
IMPLEMENTATION

Introduction to key HPSR Deepening understanding Mentoring relationship;
of key facets of HPSR
concepts (6 months) (2 weeks) Implementation of HPSR
study (12 months)

Coaching Training Focus Goal Growth Advice

Partners
Institute of Tropical
Medicine Antwerp

WHO Alliance for
Health Policy & Systems
Research (Geneva) Institute of Public Health Bengaluru
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical
Sciences and Technology (Trivandrum)
The George Institute for Global
Health India, (New Delhi)
Health Systems Transformation
Platform (New Delhi) Nossal Institute of Global
India Health Systems Collaborative Health (Melbourne)
(New Delhi)

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