Category: Learning site
Strengthening community health systems: A collaborative approach to addressing Kush use in Kailahun district, Sierra Leone – a presentation
A presentation outlining the objectives of the study, the risk factors driving the use of Kush, how widespread useage is, potential intervention areas, policy implications and future potential research priorities.
Bridging multi-tiered health systems, strengthening coordination and promoting a culture of learning in Nepal
Case study examining how the HERD International team is helping municipalities coordinate strategies, promote complementarity and support resource sharing in health care arrangements
Data-driven local governance for health: How participatory research strengthened the Municipal Health Committee in Lebanon
Case study examining how the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee in Lebanon operationalizes ReBUILD-generated tools and learning to monitor and coordinate health activity and promotion
Resilient local governance in action: How participatory research enabled the Municipal Health Committee’s emergency war response in Lebanon
Case study examining how the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee in Lebanon adopted ReBUILD-learned methods to respond to an influx of refugees fleeing war in the south of the country
Trust and inclusion in action: How local groups connect communities and health systems in Sierra Leone
Case study examining how trust, inclusivity, and relationship-building within community and health stakeholder groups have shaped local ability to take action and sustain health initiatives in Sierra Leone
Participatory action research: insights from Nepal
Presentations on the use of participatory action research in Nepal – addressing gender norms and power dynamics of female community health volunteers and strengthening health systems resilience
Factors associated with a resilient maternal health system: Evidence from Kapilvastu, Nepal – a poster
HERD International poster exploring factors associated with a resilient maternal health system in Kapilvastu, Nepal
Nepal local health system budgeting and planning process: Insights from a Learning Site in Nepal – a poster
HERD International poster from our Learning Site study in Kapilvastu which seeks to understand the process and capacity of the local health system for annual planning
Learning sites for health systems research: Reflections on five programs in Africa, Asia, and Central America
Paper draws from learning over three continents and five research and community engagement programs to reflect on the challenges and benefits of doing embedded research in learning sites
Communities mobilise and take health action in a Sierra Leone learning site
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to mobilise communities for health action in Sierra Leone
Empowering women in healthcare: A community-led initiative for resilience and integration
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to create a support group for informally-employed female refugee healthcare workers in Lebanon
Strengthening health system through advancement of data quality, evidence generation and use in decision-making: case study from a Learning Site in Nepal
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to strengthen the capacity to generate and utilise quality health data for effective planning in Kapilvastu, Nepal
Moving beyond capacity: A journey to evidence-based action
Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work exploring the structures underlying the absence of a culture of evidence-based action and decision-making within the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee
Claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar
In this AUB video, the ReBUILD for Resilience team in Lebanon present on the claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar
Refugee women in the informal health sector in Lebanon: gendered experiences of close-to-community healthcare providers during the COVID-19 response
This paper explores the lived experiences of men and women close-to-community healthcare providers in Beqaa, Lebanon, examining their gendered experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Health Workers – a film
‘Health Workers’ is a film that chronicles the journey of five female health workers who challenge ingrained social norms after relocating from Syria to Lebanon, where they unexpectedly become the sole breadwinners for their families.
Video on the Kapilvastu Learning Site in Nepal
A video from HERD International which introduces the team’s learning site in Kapilvastu District in Nepal
Promoting evidence-based planning by enhancing stakeholders’ understanding of local evidence
A ReBUILD case study on capacity strengthening to encourage evidence-based decision making at the municipal level in Kapilvastu, Nepal
Navigating turbulence: an analysis of Lebanon’s healthcare system resilience during a multi-crisis situation
Fouad Fouad presents an assessment of Lebanon’s healthcare system’s ability to adapt to and withstand various challenges since 2019
From concept to reality: challenges of decentralising healthcare governance in Lebanon
Rouham Yamout speaks on the challenges of supporting the decentralising healthcare via the creation of a Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon.
Process documentation presentation
A presentation on HERD International’s process documentation processes – video and PDF
Building understanding of health system resilience in our Nepal learning site – a case study
A case study of HERD International’s early work at our learning site in Lumbini Province, Nepal
Sharing experiential learning from health policy and system research learning sites in diverse settings
Panel discussion reflects on the meaning and practice of ‘learning sites’ to advance health policy and systems research and its application for system strengthening