Building Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) capacity in India: Reflections from the India HPSR fellowship program (2020-2023).

ABSTRACT: Building capacity for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) is critical for advancing the field in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The India HPSR fellowship program is a home-grown capacity-building initiative, anchored at the Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP), New Delhi, and developed in collaboration with a network of institutes in India and abroad. In this practice-oriented commentary, we provide an overview of the fellowship program and critically reflect upon the learnings from working with three cohorts of fellows between 2020 and 2023. This commentary draws on routine program documentation (guidelines, faculty meeting reports, minutes of meetings of curricula and course development) as well as the perspectives of faculty and program managers associated wi

SUBMITTER: John S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature