Global Health Policy and Systems
Health systems around the world face increasing pressure to provide high-quality, resilient, and equitable care—especially in the face of crises, transitions, and rapid change.
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Global Health Policy and Systems
Health systems around the world face increasing pressure to provide high-quality, resilient, and equitable care—especially in the face of crises, transitions, and rapid change. At Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, there is growing recognition of the need to better understand how societies organize and govern their health systems—and how this understanding can be used to improve health outcomes. Currently, research in this area is dispersed across various institutes, departments, and working groups. The field of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) offers a valuable framework to connect these efforts.
HPSR brings together disciplines such as epidemiology, political science, anthropology, economics, primary care, and public health to examine how actors, institutions, and evidence shape the design, delivery, and governance of health systems. This includes not only service organization and policy, but also the perspectives and experiences of patients and citizens.
Through the Health Policy and Systems theme, we aim to connect and strengthen individual research efforts across local, national, and international settings. These efforts span a range of areas, including
- strengthening primary and interprofessional models of care;
- analyzing the political economy of health reform;
- evaluating health interventions and pandemic response strategies; and
- exploring the role of evidence, expert advice, and power in global health governance.
We are also committed to contributing to the integration of HPSR into medical and public health education. In doing so, we invite researchers across disciplines to join us in building more inclusive research cultures that recognize and integrate diverse forms of knowledge and expertise.
We place a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, equitable partnerships, and bridging research and practice—both within Germany and globally
- Health Policy and Systems Research and Innovation (HPSRI) - www.hprsi.de
Led by PD Dr. Lorena Dini at the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, focuses on analyzing, developing and implementing health systems innovations in Germany through interprofessional collaboration, and equity-driven implementation research. - Pandemic interventions to flatten the curve: Needs, effectiveness and impact in the global South – the example of Ghana
A mixed-methods health policy analysis of how non-pharmaceutical interventions in Ghana were adopted and experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, through lenses of policy transfer and community engagement. - Evaluation of intervention to reduce number of zero-dose children in Southern Madagascar
An evaluation of the SOAMEVA intervention to identify and reach zero-dose children in underserved areas, combining quantitative and qualitative data to improve routine immunization and health system responsiveness.