Health Equity: 08/21/08

Thursday, August 21, 2008

[EQ] Congress on Health Sciences Information (CRICS 8) Scientific information and knowledge for innovation in health

8th Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information (CRICS 8)

16-19 September 2008 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Website: http://www.crics8.org/php/index.php?lang=en

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) and the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO)

The main theme of the CRICS8 – Scientific information and knowledge for innovation in health, will approach the critical function the information and the scientific knowledge play in the processes of generation, adoption, and adaptation of innovations in the social and economic development, particularly in health systems and services.

The information and knowledge sources and flows that are produced and operated by means of products, services, and events of information and communication comprise the fabric that unites, sustains and systematically innovates the relationships, policies, programs and practices of the instances of promotion, research, technology, industry and the health systems and services in favor of the social inclusion and of the equity.

PROGRAM

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

19:30 - 20:00 Key Address

Panel 1 - Challenges for the insertion of developing countries in the global flows of scientific and technical information to face the globalization of health

· 1 - Terms of reference

· Rights, Regulation and Redistribution: Globalization Policies for a more Health Equitable World

o speaker

Ronald Labonté

Canada Research Chair in Globalization & Health Equity, Institute of Population Health, and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa - Canadá

· La producciónn de conocimiento científico Latino Americano en el campo de la salud: Visión de la región desde una perspectiva global

o speaker

Félix de Moya y Anegón

Profesor catedrático, Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Universidad de Granada - Espanha

· Towards the global informational integration

o speaker

Abel L. Packer

Diretor, BIREME/OPAS/OMS

10:00 - 10:30

Panel 2 - Contribution of information and knowledge to the processes of sanitary reform in Latin America and the Caribbean

· 2 - Terms of reference

· conference 1.2

o speaker

Paulo Gadelha

Vice-Presidente, Assuntos Institucionais, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, MInistério da Saúde - Brasil

· Evidence-Based Policy Innovation. Transforming Constraints into Opportunities

o speaker

Miguel Ángel González Block

Director Adjunto del Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud - CISS, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública - México

· Los derechos de propiedad intelectual y el libre acceso a la información y el conocimiento en los procesos de reforma de la salud en América Latina: el caso de Chile

o speaker

Rodrigo Salinas

Asesor, Departamento de Estudios y Bioética, Ministerio de Salud - Chile

Poster session

13:30 - 15:00

Panel 3 - Social Determinants of Health: challenges for networks of information and knowledge

· 3 - Terms of reference

· conference 1.3

o speaker

Paulo Marchiori Buss

Presidente, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, MInistério da Saúde - Brasil

· conference 2.3

o speaker

Eugenio Villar-Montesinos

Coordinator, Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH), Information Evidence and Research (IER), Organização Mundial da Saúde - OMS

· Social Determinants of Health: Opportunities and Challenges - Illustrations from the Diversity Data Report and Policy Recommendations on Children Left Behind: U.S Metropolitan Areas Are Failing America´s Children

o speaker

Barbara Kivimae Krimgold

Director, Kellogg Health Scholars and Kellogg Fellows in Health Policy Research,, National Program Offices Center for the Advancement of Health - EUA

15:00 - 15:30

Panel 4 - Open access and information literacy: a binomial of rights

· 4 - Terms of reference

· Comunicación científica, acceso abierto, responsabilidades políticas

o speaker

Anna Maria Prat

Consultora Comunicación Científica - Chile

· Revolution and Evolution in Scientific Communication: Moving from Restricted Dissemination of Publicly-Funded Knowledge to Open Knowledge Environments

o speaker

Paul Uhlir

Director, Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs at the U.S. National Academies in Washington, DC - EUA

· Information literacy and access to knowledge

o speaker

Hooman Momen

Coordinator, WHO Press, Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing, Organização Mundial da Saúde - OMS

17:00 - 19:00

Courses, Demonstrations, Workshops

Thursday, September 18, 2008

08:00 - 08:30

Panel 5 - The management of information and knowledge in research, education and health care systems: new mediations, structures, models

· 5 - Terms of reference

· conference 2.5

o speaker

Reinaldo Guimarães

Secretário, Secretaria de Ciência Tecnologia e Insumos Estratégicos, Ministério da Saúde - Brasil

10:00 - 10:30

Panel 6 - The role of information, knowledge and evidences in the processes of introducing of technological innovations in health systems

· 6 - Terms of reference

· Creating and managing knowledge to support the adoption of innovative health technologies in the UK National Health Service

o speaker

Jeremy C Wyatt

Professor, Head of Research, College of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Dundee and member of College Executive Team, Professor of Health Informatics, Community Health Sciences Division, University of Dundee - Scotland, UK

· conference 2.6

o speaker

Sophia Schlette

Senior Expert Health Policy, Bertelsmann Foundation - Alemanha

· Informação e conhecimento no sistema de inovação tecnológica em saúde

o speaker

Carlos Augusto Grabois Gadelha

Vice-presidente de Produção e Inovação em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Ministério da Saúde - Brasil

12:00 - 13:30

Poster session

Panel 7 - The management of scientific and technical information in health in the national, regional and global contexts

· 7 - Terms of reference

15:00 - 15:30

Panel 8 - Public spaces for information and knowledge exchange

· 8 - Terms of reference

· conference 1.8

o speaker

Jean-Claude Guédon

Professor, Dept. de Literatura Comparada, Faculdade de Artes e Ciências, Universidade de Montreal - Canadá

· Enabling knowledge

o speaker

Nico Stehr

Professor Emeritus, Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University - Alemanha

· La web tiene información de calidad para pacientes?

o speaker

Zulma Ortiz

Pesquisadora, Instituto de Investigación Epidemiológica, Academia Nacional de Medicina - Argentina

17:00 - 19:00

Courses, Demonstrations, Workshops

Friday, September 19, 2008

08:00 - 08:30

Poster session

08:30 - 10:00

Panel 9 - The society as an actor of innovation

· 9 - Terms of reference

· conference 1.9

o speaker

João Aprigio Guerra de Almeida

Coordenador, Red Iberoamericana de Bancos de Leche Humana, Professor Titular, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Ministério da Saúde - Brasil

· Bioethics as a Driver of Research for Health

o speaker

Donald T. Simeon

Diretor, Caribbean Health Research Council - CHRC - Trinidad & Tobago

10:00 - 10:30

Panel 10 - Interoperability in health systems information flows

· 10 - Terms of reference

· conference 1.10

o speaker

Jussara Macedo Pinho Rotzch

Gerente Geral de Integração com o SUS, Agencia Nacional de Saúde Suplementar, Ministério da Saúde - Brasil

· Elements of Public Health System Information Portals

o speaker

Nicholas Cop

Consultor - EUA

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[EQ] Political Science? Strengthening science-policy dialogue in developing countries

Political Science? Strengthening science–policy dialogue in developing countries

Nicola Jones, Harry Jones and Cora Walsh

ODI Working Paper 294 - August 2008

Overseas Development Institute - London UK

Results of ODI research presented in preliminary form for discussion and critical comment

Available online PDF [67p.] at: http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/working_papers/wp294.pdf

“…..Science and technology are playing an increasingly important role in the policy process. The value of science and technological information is already well-established in the fields of health, agriculture and natural resource management, but issues such as climate change, food security and biotechnology have recently attracted a high profile in international policy debates about sustainable development and poverty reduction. These trends are set against a background of increasing international interest in and rhetorical commitment to evidence-informed policy dialogue and processes as a means to improve development policy and practice. Surprisingly, however, there is a dearth of research that systematically examines the science–policy interface in developing countries. Even fewer analysts have sought to offer practical strategies and recommendations for strengthening linkages between scientific knowledge and the policy process.

This study focuses on three broad questions:
- What is the patterning of relationships between scientific researchers, policy decision-makers and intermediaries in developing country contexts?
- What are the challenges and opportunities for strengthening these linkages?
- What types of strategies exist or could potentially be adopted to improve evidence-informed policy processes?

Representing the views of over 600 respondents from researcher, policy-maker and intermediary organisation communities from the North and South, the findings confirm the need to tackle systemic barriers to institutionalising evidence-informed policy processes in the field of science, technology and innovation for development. They also shed light on ways in which the quality of policy dialogues on science and technology could be strengthened in order to enhance their value for pro-poor sustainable development policy and practice….”

“…This study provides a multi-layered analysis of the science?policy interface in developing countries. The findings confirm the need to tackle systemic barriers to institutionalising evidence-informed policy processes in the field of science, technology and innovation for development. They also shed light on ways in which the quality of policy dialogues on science and technology could be strengthened in order to enhance their value for pro-poor sustainable development policy and practice…”

Contents

Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. Methodology

2.1 Literature review

2.2 Expert interviews

2.3 Country case studies

2.4 Internal electronic survey

3. The science–policy interface: Taking stock of the literature

3.1 Characterising the science–policy interface

3.2 Strategies for engaging at the science–policy interface

4. The science–policy interface in the developing world: Triangulating new evidence

4.1 Tensions across the science–policy boundary

4.2 Strategies

5. Conclusions

References

Appendix 1: Literature review methods

Appendix 2: Country case questionnaire

Appendix 3: ODI/SciDev.Net electronic international survey on the science–development policy interface

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[EQ] From Mexico to Mali: Taking Stock of Achievements in Health Policy and Systems Research

From Mexico to Mali:
Taking Stock of Achievements in Health Policy and Systems Research

Meeting Report and Meeting Statement - May 2008, Nyon - Switzerland

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the International Research and Development Center, Canada.

Report available PDF [38p.] at: http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/Alliance%20HPSR_ST_FinalReport.pdf

Meeting statement PDF [4p.] at: http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/Alliance%20HPSR%20-%20StockTakingFinalStatement.pdf

“….Building upon the Ministerial Summit on Health Research held in Mexico in 2004 and on the findings of The Task Force for Health Systems Research, World Health Assembly Resolution 58.34 called for:- "The global scientific community, international partners, the private sector, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate:

· to provide support for a substantive and sustainable programme of health-systems research aligned with priority country needs and aimed at achieving the internationally agreed health-related development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;

· to strengthen or establish the transfer of knowledge in order to communicate, improve access to, and promote use of, reliable, relevant, unbiased, and timely health information;”

In preparation for the forthcoming Ministerial Forum on Health Research, to be held in Bamako, Mali in November 2008, more than 40 researchers from 28 countries, both in the South and the North, who have a particular interest in health policy and systems research (HPSR) and the application of evidence to health policy, gathered in Nyon, Switzerland on 25-27th May to:-

· critically assess developments in HPSR in low and middle income countries and its application to policy since the Mexico Summit, 2004;

· highlight current gaps, priorities and challenges in the HPSR field that need to be addressed;

· discuss and agree how best to move forward the HPSR field.

Website: http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/stocktaking/en/index.html

Materials from the meeting

The following materials include the agenda and the presentations from the Stock-taking Meeting. Most of the presentations from the meeting are available and they follow the agenda's order.

:: Agenda [pdf 54kb]

:: Taking Stock of Achievements in the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research since Mexico [pdf 83kb]

:: Trends and Developments among Funders [pdf 67kb]

:: Taking Stock of Developments in Linking Research to Policy in and about Health Systems [pdf 58kb]

:: Human Resources for Health [pdf 309kb]

:: Equity and poverty and health [pdf 115kb]

:: Health Financing [pdf 86kb]

:: The role of non-state health providers [pdf 599kb]

:: Gaps, priorities and challenges in emerging HPSR priorities [pdf 114kb]

:: Health systems in fragile states [pdf 158kb]

:: Non-communicable diseases and their implications for health systems [pdf 200kb]

:: Strengthening Health Information Systems [pdf 1.02Mb]

:: Developing skilled human resources in HPSR [pdf 33kb]

:: Developing and innovating in terms of health [pdf 43kb]

:: Institutional development and networking [pdf 601kb]

:: Gaps priorities and challenges in Knowledge Translation [pdf 223kb]

:: Challenges in systematic reviews of health policy and systems research [pdf 1.19Mb]

:: Zambian experiences with establishing knowledge translation platforms [ppt 865kb]

:: Key priorities in terms of capacity development [pdf 14kb]

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