WHO India Country Office approached the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur to design and conduct WHO In-country Fellowship Program on Health Systems Research of 5 days duration. IIHMR Jaipur – a WHO collaborating centre for district health system based on primary health care – agreed to design and conduct the fellowship program. The program enabled the participants to discuss current and future challenges in a setting that provides a rare and unique opportunity to interact with subject experts. The major objective of the program was to better understand the health systems research. This course was designed to help the participants better understand Health Systems Research. The course covered the fundamentals of Health Systems, conceptual framework of Health Systems and its linkages, Health Systems building blocks, purpose and nature of Health Systems. The participants reviewed range of research questions, methodological approaches and study designs that health systems research encompasses, as well as cross-cutting issues pertinent to health systems research. The course covered and discussed the Health Systems in India and issues for further research for improving the performance of Health Systems. The fellowship was coordinated by Dr. P.R. Sodani.
The IIHMR University has been established by Government of Rajasthan vide the IIHMR University Ordinance, 2013 (Ordinance No 30 of 2013) promulgated on September 27,2013 by the Governor which was replaced by the IIHMR University Act, 2014 (Act No.3, of 2014) passed by the State Legislature on February 07, 2014. The Act of 2014 received the assent of the Governor on 25th day of February, 2014 and was finally notified in Rajasthan Gazette Extraordinary on February 26,2014.
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