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July 10, 2006
Are Global Initiatives Serving YOUR Health System Strengthening Needs?
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Submission deadline: 10 July 2006
Dates: 18-19 August 2006
Your ideas and potential participation are needed at a meeting in Toronto on August 18-19, 2006
Strengthening health systems to improve public health results is finally on the agenda of many global and bilateral players. We would like feedback from developing country stakeholders from all sectors and regions of the world about whether your needs are being addressed by these initiatives and what are the gaps. Your input will help shape the future of the Health Systems Action Network (HSAN). The 30 people submitting the most relevant and constructive ideas will be invited to participate in a 2-day meeting in Toronto, August 18-19 (all expenses paid).
To be considered, prepare a short statement (50-100 words) that addresses the following questions. Please focus your comments on issues that a global network of country level stakeholders could contribute to solving.
- What suggestions do you have to improve the way global initiatives that focus on health system strengthening work with country-level stakeholders? How can they improve the way they seek and respond to input from country-level stakeholders?
- What are the priorities to support health systems strengthening on the ground that are not yet being addressed by global initiatives?
- What do you believe a Health Systems Action Network could contribute?
Include the following information in your response:
- Name
- Position
- Place of employment (name, address, type of organization or government entity)
- Contact information (email addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers):
- Are you attending the XVI International AIDS Conference? Yes/No
Please send your responses (email or attached word file) to webmaster@hsanet.org by July 10, 2006.
Meeting participant selection will be made the week of July 17, 2006 based on the quality of ideas submitted and an effort to ensure regional and sectoral representation. The consultative meeting in Toronto is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, and USAID.
To learn more about the consultative process already completed to provide input into the design and organizational form of the Health Systems Action Network, please visit http://www.hsanet.org/.
The Toronto Consultative Meeting
All participants will be from developing countries. Sponsors and interested donors will observe only. There will be no formal presentations. A facilitator will lead the group through structured discussions to:
- share the responses and ideas prepared and submitted to HSAN, and
- reach consensus on the best responses to each question listed above.
An agenda will be sent to all invitees late July.
