ICTs and the changing health knowledge economy: how people find health information in Bangladesh
Lead Research Organisation:
Institute of Development Studies
Department Name: Research Department
Abstract
This proposal is responding to the theme of "Information and Communication Technology and Development".
Global access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing rapidly with the potential to impact on development in both positive and negative ways.
One way of analysing the health sector is as a knowledge economy - how to access expert advice on how to manage a particular health problem and how to access specific commodities, such as drugs, which embody a large amount of research and development. Yet where does this access start? It starts with the individual or household making a decision to seek information - to seek the advice or find the commodities. In a resource poor household, how are such decisions made? In common with many of us, and the general human experience, 'Everyday Life Information-Seeking', is a mixture of sources: mediators - friends, family: finding information grounds (the local market) , and technology - going online, phoning a helpline, listening to the radio, accessing a library, etc. But for resource poor households what does that mix look like, and is it changing with the growth of ICTs? We know that poor households often have access to mobile phones and increasingly to the internet. Is this changing access changing the core behaviour of health information seeking?
In this research we see three changing landscapes that could be affecting households choices. The health landscape is changing. New opportunities are opening up. In Bangladesh there are telephone helplines, local providers of health are sometimes networked in professional support, there are new private providers of healthcare. How does a household navigate these new opportunities?
The ICT landscape is changing. Households have access to mobile phones. In many cases they have access to the internet. How much do they use these for seeking health information? Have they begun to use Google to self diagnose? Do they phone their distant cousins for advice, or are they still prioritising face-to-face contact?
'Information-seeking' itself is a changing (global) landscape. The world over we are creating new patterns of information-seeking. For instance, in developed countries the role of online social networks is a dominant channel. Are resource poor Bangladeshi households beginning to explore alternative information channels? Do they have a basic information literacy? Do the trust what they read in the newspapers, what they hear on the radio? Is the radio still a key channel for information or has it been replaced by the television?
Our research will consider how these three changing landscapes interact with each other and while there are emerging bodies of work on each, there is very little that attempts to bring them together into a single conceptual framework supported by empirical research. This project, although focused on a single country, will explore different households in different resource settings to identify common approaches and decision-making patterns, to contribute to our understanding of how resource poor households are seeking health information in a changing world.
Global access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing rapidly with the potential to impact on development in both positive and negative ways.
One way of analysing the health sector is as a knowledge economy - how to access expert advice on how to manage a particular health problem and how to access specific commodities, such as drugs, which embody a large amount of research and development. Yet where does this access start? It starts with the individual or household making a decision to seek information - to seek the advice or find the commodities. In a resource poor household, how are such decisions made? In common with many of us, and the general human experience, 'Everyday Life Information-Seeking', is a mixture of sources: mediators - friends, family: finding information grounds (the local market) , and technology - going online, phoning a helpline, listening to the radio, accessing a library, etc. But for resource poor households what does that mix look like, and is it changing with the growth of ICTs? We know that poor households often have access to mobile phones and increasingly to the internet. Is this changing access changing the core behaviour of health information seeking?
In this research we see three changing landscapes that could be affecting households choices. The health landscape is changing. New opportunities are opening up. In Bangladesh there are telephone helplines, local providers of health are sometimes networked in professional support, there are new private providers of healthcare. How does a household navigate these new opportunities?
The ICT landscape is changing. Households have access to mobile phones. In many cases they have access to the internet. How much do they use these for seeking health information? Have they begun to use Google to self diagnose? Do they phone their distant cousins for advice, or are they still prioritising face-to-face contact?
'Information-seeking' itself is a changing (global) landscape. The world over we are creating new patterns of information-seeking. For instance, in developed countries the role of online social networks is a dominant channel. Are resource poor Bangladeshi households beginning to explore alternative information channels? Do they have a basic information literacy? Do the trust what they read in the newspapers, what they hear on the radio? Is the radio still a key channel for information or has it been replaced by the television?
Our research will consider how these three changing landscapes interact with each other and while there are emerging bodies of work on each, there is very little that attempts to bring them together into a single conceptual framework supported by empirical research. This project, although focused on a single country, will explore different households in different resource settings to identify common approaches and decision-making patterns, to contribute to our understanding of how resource poor households are seeking health information in a changing world.
Planned Impact
National stakeholders in Bangladesh: Early in the project the research team will identify key stakeholders, who will probably include policy makers concerned with health and with government strategies to encourage the spread of ICTs, the professional regulatory agencies, heads of health departments of large national NGOs, donor agencies, and private (for profit and not-for-profit) organisations providing ICT-based health information and advice services. We will organise a workshop to review the study objectives and agree a process for providing access of all stakeholders to the study findings. We will produce a policy influence strategy based on the conclusions of the workshop. We anticipate that it will include publicising study findings on the ICDDR,B website and presenting them to the annual ICDDR,B conference on health and health systems, producing one or more policy briefs and presenting findings to a learning platform that the Future Health Systems Consortium is establishing to bring together policy-makers, researchers, and health system innovators in Bangladesh and West Bengal, in India to facilitate learning from experiences with innovative approaches to health system development.
International stakeholders in ICTs and health: We will formulate our strategy for reaching international stakeholders in close collaboration with the Future Health Systems Consortium, the STEPS Centre and the many development information networks based at the IDS. This will enable us to disseminate our findings through websites aimed at different policy networks. We will build on existing cooperation with the Development Section of the Guardian online. We will also use discussion forums such as Eldis Communities as knowledge intermediaries for the research. We will link to international initiatives, such those on e- and m-health of the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Health Organisation. We will build on strong links between members of the research team and the Bangkok Office of the Rockefeller Foundation to ensure that study findings are disseminated to their programme partners. We will establish links with the ongoing research programme supported by the Global Alliance for Health Systems and Policy Research at the WHO. We will disseminate findings through the website of the Future Health Systems Consortium and through the website of the Centre for Health Market Innovations, organised by Results for Development, a Washington-based NGO. The PI is on the advisory group of that Center. We also intend to target potentially important global players such as the large mobile telephone companies and large internet based knowledge intermediaries, in our international policy influence and research uptake strategy.
Academic Community: Our strategy for reaching the academic research community will take advantage of links that the research team have with the Future Health Systems Consortium and the STEPS Centre so we can disseminate our findings through websites aimed at specific academic communities. We will work with these partners to organise panels at conferences such as the biennial conferences of the International Health Economics Association and the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research and the annual meeting of the Development Studies Association. We will produce at least six scientific papers for journals such as Health Policy and Planning, Social Science and Medicine and World Development. We will submit at least one summary article to The Lancet or the British Medical Journal to reach the broader health systems research community. We will aim to bring together some of these papers in an edited volume at the end of the project. The working papers and edited volume will be of particular interest to other researchers in the field, but will also be made available to practitioners and decision-makers. The ultimate beneficiaries will be to poor households in terms of access and a better enabling/regulatory environment.
International stakeholders in ICTs and health: We will formulate our strategy for reaching international stakeholders in close collaboration with the Future Health Systems Consortium, the STEPS Centre and the many development information networks based at the IDS. This will enable us to disseminate our findings through websites aimed at different policy networks. We will build on existing cooperation with the Development Section of the Guardian online. We will also use discussion forums such as Eldis Communities as knowledge intermediaries for the research. We will link to international initiatives, such those on e- and m-health of the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Health Organisation. We will build on strong links between members of the research team and the Bangkok Office of the Rockefeller Foundation to ensure that study findings are disseminated to their programme partners. We will establish links with the ongoing research programme supported by the Global Alliance for Health Systems and Policy Research at the WHO. We will disseminate findings through the website of the Future Health Systems Consortium and through the website of the Centre for Health Market Innovations, organised by Results for Development, a Washington-based NGO. The PI is on the advisory group of that Center. We also intend to target potentially important global players such as the large mobile telephone companies and large internet based knowledge intermediaries, in our international policy influence and research uptake strategy.
Academic Community: Our strategy for reaching the academic research community will take advantage of links that the research team have with the Future Health Systems Consortium and the STEPS Centre so we can disseminate our findings through websites aimed at specific academic communities. We will work with these partners to organise panels at conferences such as the biennial conferences of the International Health Economics Association and the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research and the annual meeting of the Development Studies Association. We will produce at least six scientific papers for journals such as Health Policy and Planning, Social Science and Medicine and World Development. We will submit at least one summary article to The Lancet or the British Medical Journal to reach the broader health systems research community. We will aim to bring together some of these papers in an edited volume at the end of the project. The working papers and edited volume will be of particular interest to other researchers in the field, but will also be made available to practitioners and decision-makers. The ultimate beneficiaries will be to poor households in terms of access and a better enabling/regulatory environment.
Publications
Adams AM
(2013)
Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action.
in Lancet (London, England)
Ahmed T
(2014)
eHealth and mHealth initiatives in Bangladesh: a scoping study.
in BMC health services research
Ahmed T
(2020)
Digital Health and Inequalities in Access to Health Services in Bangladesh: Mixed Methods Study.
in JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Bloom G
(2018)
Health system innovations: adapting to rapid change.
in Globalization and health
Bloom G
(2019)
Service Delivery Transformation for UHC in Asia and the Pacific.
in Health systems and reform
Bloom G
(2017)
ICTs and the challenge of health system transition in low and middle-income countries.
in Globalization and health
Bloom G
(2014)
Innovation in regulation of rapidly changing health markets.
in Globalization and health
Description | The coverage of mobile phones has risen rapidly in Bangladesh. While this has been happening a number of initiatives have been implemented to use mobile phones and access to the internet to improve access to health information and health services. The study explored the degree to which people were utilising these services in three localities, a relatively remote rural district, a peri-urban rural district and an urban slum. The study found that a large proportion of households had access to a mobile phone and used it regularly. In many cases, the women had less freedom to use the phones than the men. Despite the widespread use of mobile phones, only a small proportion of people knew about the dedicated health services or used them. A special study of college students explored some of the reasons for the limited use of the various digital health services. It identified a number of factors. These include a wish to use a facility or health worker that they know, a lack of skills in searching the internet and very limited health literacy. Future strategies for expanding the use of digital health services will need to take these issues into account. |
Exploitation Route | The government and private companies in Bangladesh and in other countries, can take the findings into account in the next phase of design of interventions and of government strategies for stimulating innovation and establishing regulatory arrangements to ensure that digital health initiatives contribute to progress towards universal health coverage. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Healthcare Government Democracy and Justice |
Description | We have continued to engage with government officials, practitioners involved in digital health interventions and mobile phone operators in Bangladesh through participating in consultative meetings and organising a course on digital health. This has had impact at several levels. icddr,b has reached agreement with a digital health company to develop a new intervention aimed at linking informal village doctors to trained doctors through a telemedicine service. This intervention will draw on lessons documented by this study. The Government has decided to establish health advice lines at all health facilities. This is, in part, a response to the findings of this study that individuals prefer to seek advice from facilities and health workers they know. At the global level, we brought together social scientists and experts on digital health technologies at a brainstorming meeting in Vancouver. We published a rapid response brief on the need for continued dialogue between these different policy and research communities to formulate more effective strategies for supporting developments in digital health and for reforming regulatory arrangements. We have circulated the briefing widely to both research and policy communities on health system strengthening and digital health. We are also putting together a special issue of a journal on innovation for improved access to health services which will include papers that draw on the study findings. We have established a partnership with the Public Health Foundation of India and AMREF to collaborate in organising a conclave on innovation for universal health coverage in India and East and Central Africa. The conclave involved a variety of stakeholders in the health innovation ecosystem in India and Africa. The discussions were documented in a report, which identified actions for follow up. A second meeting was organised in Kigali in March 2019 as part of a major conference on an Africa Health Agenda. A third meeting will be organised in Hanoi and the outcomes of the discussion will be presented to a side meeting at the High Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on Universal Health Coverage in September 2019. Gerald Bloom was invited to provide expert advice on the potential role of digital health to the producers of two major reports: Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide, published by The National Academies Press, and The Digital Roadmap, published by the Pathways for Prosperity Commission. The JICA Research Institute invited Gerald Bloom to participate drafting a policy brief on universal health coverage as part of the T20 leading up to the meeting of the G20 in Osaka in May 2019. A first meeting of representatives of think tanks identified key issues to be addressed and a second meeting enabled Japanese Government Officials responsible for drafting the communique for the G20 commented on the draft policy brief. Gerald Bloom drafted a section on ICTs and health. The final draft will be published on the T20 website and as a paper in the British Medical Journal. Gerald Bloom was invited to provide technical support to a major evaluation of ten years of health reform in China undertaken by the Government of China, the World Health Assembly and the World Bank. He was asked to review and comment on a background paper on digital health, which is anticipated to become increasingly important over the next few years. Also Gerald Bloom has been invited to join a WHO Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage, where he has ensured that the potential role of digital health services is taken into account. In December 2020 Gerald Bloom was invited to make a presentation to a national conference on digital health innovations in Bangladesh. In 2021 Gerald Bloom co-organised with Priya Balasubramaniam, of the Public Health Foundation of India, a series of three online panel discussions on different aspects of digital transformation of health systems in India and other middle-income countries. The aim is to contribute to the establishment of a platform for research and mutual learning on the management of mixed health systems. |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare |
Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
Description | Co-author of policy brief on governance and universal health coverage submitted to Japanese Government in preparation for the G20 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://t20japan.org/ |
Description | Comments on draft specifications for ESRC Satellite Applications Catapult Partnership Knowledge Exchange Fellowships call for proposals. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Evaluation of telemedicine service undertaken and findings used to alter practice |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | The research team was commissioned to evaluate a telemedicine service in July 2019. Based on the findings they have been invited to conduct capacity development activities for telemedicine physicians and draft a communication strategy for the service. This project will finish by end of February 2020. |
Description | Online course on mHealth, Health Systems and Development produced and tested with 30 students |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://courses.arcade-project.org/mod/page/view.php?id=450 |
Description | Pilot ICT-health project with mPower |
Amount | $50,000 (USD) |
Organisation | mPower Social Enterprises |
Sector | Private |
Country | Bangladesh |
Start |
Description | Strengthening equity through applied research capacity building in eHealth |
Amount | $400,000 (CAD) |
Organisation | International Development Research Centre |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start |
Title | Survey Application |
Description | This app was developed to survey different households' health seeking behaviour. In use by iccdr,b. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The research enabled iccdr,b to finalise the development of this app which they use to conduct household surveys. Other research groups are using it and seeking assistance from time to time. |
Description | AMREF |
Organisation | Amref Health Africa |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Contribute to the development of a workshop on innovation for universal health coverage in Bangalore in June 2018 |
Collaborator Contribution | Idetification of African participants in workshop |
Impact | - proposal for workshop sent to funders |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Complementary materials offered by Johns Hopkins University for IDS online self-study module |
Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NA |
Collaborator Contribution | David Bishai of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health offered complementary teaching materials for IDS' online self-study module on mHealth, Health Systems and Development. |
Impact | No outcomes yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health |
Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
Department | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Gerald Bloom participated in a workshop on ethics and mobile phone surveys of risk factors for non-communicable diseases and Linda Waldman has collaborated with Rosemary Morgan in producing an article and developing a research proposal. IDS organised a consultative workshop on eHealth linked to the conference of Health Systems Global in Vancouver in 2016, with support from Johns Hopkins and subsequently produced a policy brief on the topic |
Collaborator Contribution | Johns Hopkins took the lead in producing a joint proposal for submission to NIH in the USA. |
Impact | - co-authored papers |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Production of video clip by IDRC for IDS online self-study module |
Organisation | International Development Research Centre |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | NA |
Collaborator Contribution | IDRC made the clip for IDS' online self-study module on mHealth, Health Systems and Development |
Impact | The video clip was produced |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Public Health Foundation of India |
Organisation | Public Health Foundation of India |
Country | India |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Collaboration in organising a workshop on innovation for universal health coverage in Bangalore in June 2018 |
Collaborator Contribution | Taking the lead in organising the workshop in Bangalore |
Impact | Proposal for workshop send to potential funders |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | "Use of Information, communication techologies (ICTs) for health" Brainstorming Workshop in Department of CSE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The workshop informed engineers about the capacity of the general public in using technology for health knowledge, and general ICT usage in Bangladesh. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | An online self-study module, mHealth, Health Systems and Development: A Self Study Module with IDS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The online community was for people who know about ICT but not health and social science, hence it aimed at generating these perspectives in ICT usage. Available on the ARCADE website. It will be piloted as blended course between IDS, University of Sussex students and Oxfam in April 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.arcade-project.org/about/open-course-repository/ |
Description | BLOG entitled 'What is the role of gender and ethics in building stronger health systems?' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | After the seminar held by RinGs programme with DFID health advisors, this blog was published on ReBuild Consortium's website. Written by a medical student. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://rebuildconsortium.com/news-blog/blogs/2016/what-is-the-role-of-gender-and-ethics-in-building... |
Description | BLOG entitled: Dimensions of equitable eHealth: how can we take it to the next level? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Tanvir Ahmed posted a BLOG entitled: Dimensions of equitable eHealth: how can we take it to the next level? on the website of the Future Health Systems Consortium |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/blog/2016/7/29/dimensions-of-equitable-ehealth-how-can-we-take-it... |
Description | BLOG entitled: Opportunities and challenges for the world's first national mobile health initiative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | BLOG aimed at stimulating thought |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://knotsids.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/opportunities-and-challenges-for-worlds.html |
Description | BLOG entitled: The problem is political. Is the solution technical? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | It stimulated thoughts This BLOG has been posted recently and we are awaiting responses |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://interactions.eldis.org/blog/problem-political-solution-technical |
Description | Blog posted on Health Policy and Planning Debated |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Blog posted as part of a series on responding to COVID in the journal Health Policy and Plannoing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/hppdebated/2020/05/27/voices-from-the-front-line-reaching-out-of-the-box-to... |
Description | Brainstorming session on opportunities and Challenges of digital health of social scientists and ICT experts at symposium of Health Systems Global and production of briefing paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We organised a brainstorming meeting between social scientists who had undertaken studies of the use of mobile phones to seek health information and technology experts and programme implementers to explore opportunities and challenges for access to health information associated with the rising access to mobile phones and the internet. The participants are finalising a briefing paper which will be distributed widely through networks with an interest in health systems development and on digital health services. The aim is to stimulate debate regarding strategies for encouraging the development of digital health services and for regulating these new technologies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
Description | Continuous dialogues with GSMA about mNutrition initiative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We engaged in the monitoring and evaluation for this mNutrition initiative and shared our research findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes/mhealth/pan-african-mhealth-initiative/nutrition... |
Description | Course on eHealth for universal health coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | icddr,b conducted a four day short course , "eHealth for Universal Health Coverage" from 16-19th January , 2017. The course design was novel as it contained nine case studies from ongoing eHealth initiatives categorized under common eHealth application based thematic areas like telemedicine, sms based services, web based applications, health information systems, from both public and private sector. The case studies were followed by interactive discussion sessions between the faculties and the participants on relevant equity and accountability aspects of the initiatives. The course was designed to involve the relevant eHealth stakeholders as participants and faculty so eHealth equity and accountability concepts can be worked out by the actual eHealth practitioners and actors. A total of 22 participants from Government of Bangladesh (Directorate General of Health Services and Directorate General of Family Planning), private implementers like DNet, Criticalink, MSH Bangladesh, academic institutions like NIPSOM (National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine) and BUHS (Bangladesh University of Health Sciences), telecom companies like Robi and research institutes like icddr,b took part in the short course. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Dialogue with Grameen Telecom's mHealth Development Unit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We engaged in dialogue with two key staff in Grameen Telecom's mHealth Development unit. They requested our research findings as they were starting their mHealth proposition. Their plans were then adjusted accordingly. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Dialogues with relevant NGOs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We informally presented our impact studies and lessons learnt to World Relief, Compassion International, GNDR and TearFund's HIV unit. They changed their programmes and the design of their monitoring and evaluation system took into account our research findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Engagement with Johns Hopkins University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Debate with Johns Hopkins University about their findings/recommendations regarding their various mHealth activities, such as providing academic advisory to developing countries. This started from mHealth Summit 2014. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.jhumhealth.org/ |
Description | Expert advisor to a commission on health service quality organised by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, in the USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, in the USA, asked Gerald Bloom to be an advisor to a commission on health service quality. Its influential report argues for high level policy concern about developments in digital health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | FHS Blog: New technologies: causing and solving healthcare funding crisis? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | There has been no direct response the aim was to stimulate thinking |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/blog/2013/10/23/new-technologies-causing-and-solving-the-healthca... |
Description | Lectures for Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr. Rasheed gave lectures to medical students on ICT usage in health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Lectures for James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr. Rasheed was invited as Adjunct Professor for BRAC University to conduct two courses for Master of Public Health students, about 'Gender and Technology' and 'E and mHealth to bridge health systems gaps'. This will continue in 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
Description | Meeting of Technical advisory group of ICT for Health Research Group (13 members from Government, private sector, Research and academia and international experts) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The purpose of the meeting was to ensure good communications between researchers and policy makers The advisory group agreed to participate in regular meetings to ensure the research has policy impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Meeting of WHO Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom was invited to be a member of a WHO Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage. It organised two two-day meetings in Geneva and has supported the production of a draft WHO road map. This work has drawn on the findings of several project on: (i) engaging with health markets in low and middle-income countries and stimulating technology innovation, (ii) ICT innovation and health system development, (iii) accountability and unequal voices and (iv) management of health system adaptation to changing contexts in China. The work of the WHO is particularly influential in ODA-eligible countries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting of think tanks working on universal health coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The JICA Research institute invited Gerald Bloom to participate in a workshop to develop a policy brief on universal health coverage as part of the T20 leading up to the meeting of the G20 in Osaka |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Meeting with Management Information System Wing of DG Health at the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The team from icddr,b met with officials of the management information system wing of DG Health, Ministry of Health of Bangladesh in early 2019 to brief them on the study findings. Partly in response to our research findings, the Ministry has continued to give priority to eHealth and to request additional research on the topic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting/seminar with DFID's RinGs (Research in Gender and Ethics) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The seminar was held with DFID health advisors, covering issues of gender analysis in health systems research, the positive benefits of the RinGs programme. We presented findings of the project research and a blog was produced after the meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Newspaper articles in national newspapers of Bangladesh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr. Rasheed was interviewed about different interventions using ICT and the barriers involved from a community perspective. She also talked about how people can use ICT for health in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Online forums for developers and the general public (Bangladesh) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | In Bangladesh two online forums were developed: a Developer Forum for technical people to gain new knowledge and research on ICT and health. The general forum is for the general public to use ICT for health. Research outcomes are shared in these hubs for both groups to see. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Online presentation on 'How would a shift in research practice impact on the capabilities of researchers in the future?' for African Universities' Research Approaches (AURA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The presentation was part of a programme entitled "Researchers of the future:21st century approaches for effective, global research", an online conference (with discussions) on 2-4 Nov, 2015. We shared our findings on the mHealth project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.ids.ac.uk/events/researchers-of-the-future-21st-century-approaches-for-effective-global-r... |
Description | Panel discussion on digital health and health system governance |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom collaborated with Priya Balasubramaniam, of the Public Health Foundation of India to organise a panel on digital health as part of a one day meeting on the governance of mixed health systems that took place as a side event of the conference of Health Systems Global in Bogota in late October/early November. The panelists included companies involved in digital health and health policy analysts. As a result of the discussion a number of people involved as funders of health system development requested further information and involvement. A report has been published on the day's discussion and a Spanish version will be published soon. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Panel discussion uploaded to you tube |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom co-facilitated a panel discussion on "Matters of Scale and Integration in Digital Health Ecosystems" which was live streamed and uploaded to you tube. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QxWpeEV9CE |
Description | Panel discussion uploaded to you tube |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was a discussant at the end of a webinar entitled: Matters of Inclusivity in the Design and Governance of Digital Health in India that included lawyers, hospital administrators and government advisors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxM13I8xhS0&t=253s |
Description | Panel discussion uploaded to you tube |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I co-facilitated a panel including a government official and heads of digital health start-ups to discuss issues of equity and inclusiveness arising from interventions implemented in response to the covid emergency in India. It was recorded and broadcast on youtube as part of digital health week. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu_Qq6xsjCw |
Description | Participation in 'ESRC social media workshop' in University of Nottingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The workshop examined the future of social media research on behalf of ESRC. It brought together ESRC-funded projects with research interests in social media. We shared our research project and learning experiences, and also established links with other ESRC funded projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Participation in a working group on innovation for UHC in Africa |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | I was invited to participate in a high level consultation on innovation for universal health coverage linked to a major conference on Africa Health Agenda in Kigali in March 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Participation in roundtable discussion on innovation for universal health coverage at a side meeting at the World Health Assembly |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was one of a series of activities about innovation for universal health coverage and was aimed at briefing participants at the World Health Assembly |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Poster presentation on "Constructing a conceptual framework to address accountability and equity considerations within eHealth initiatives in Bangladesh" at 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel, Switzerland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ECTMIH aimed to be an open forum for scientists, politicians, NGOs, public and private sector health experts to exchange ideas, review progress and discuss solutions to global health challenges following our joint principle and spirit of mutual learning for change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.ectmihbasel2015.ch/ectmih2015/home.html |
Description | Presentation at International Conference on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Colombo, Srilanka |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference aimed to identify and prioritise challenges in maternal and child nutrition, and review and share evidence and innovation for enhancing maternal and child health. We gave 4 oral presentations and 1 poster presentation: ""Promotion and support of IYCF practices in Bangladesh: Content analysis of policy documents and stakeholder analysis"" ""Prospect of using mobile phones for nutrition counselling through exisiting health workers in rural Bangladesh"" ""Experience of using mHealth to link village doctors with physicians: Lessons from Chakaria, Bangladesh"" ""Use of Information, communication techologies (ICTs) for health in Bangladesh: opportunities and challenges"" ""Status of ICT based health and nutrition interventions in Bangladesh"" (poster presentation) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://saifrn.org/international-conference-on-maternal-and-child-nutrition-23-24-november-2015-colom... |
Description | Presentation by Fatema Khatun of a paper entitled:Opportunities and Challenges associated with growing access to mobile phones to a conference on Delivering for Success at Scale in Dhaka |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of a paper that highlights the conclusions of the study of health information seeking behaviour and discussion by audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation of draft policy brief to Japanese policy makers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom participated in working group of leaders of think tanks on health and health systems reform that drafted a policy brief as part of the T20 linked to the meeting of the G20 in Osaka in May 2019. This provided an opportunity for mutual learning between think tanks in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. The draft policy brief was presented at a meeting with senior Japanese Government Officials who were responsible for preparing the draft communique for the meeting of the G20 in Osaka . He drafted analysis and recommendations concerning ICTs and health systems reform, including accountability arrangements.. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Presentation of paper entitled Digital health: Researching a potentially disruptive technology to conference organised by the Impact Initiative entitled: Bangladesh in Focus: What can we learn about inclusive and sustainable development |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Impact Initiative organised a one day conference for ESRC grantees researching Bangladesh. There was a very lively discussion about challenges in researching a rapidly changing co0ntext |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation of the ICT work for Health Research group within icddr,b |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We identified areas of common interest between projects at our research institute We agreed to ongoing exchanges of information |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Presentation on "Access and trust through information communications technology in Bangladesh" at Regional meeting of South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network, Islamabad |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr. Rasheed presented at this meeting with SAIFRN, which aims to foster and coordinate a research partnership between South Asian and international research groups interested in infant and young child feeding. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://saifrn.org/the-8th-regional-meeting-of-the-saifrn-7th-11th-april-2014-islamabad-pakistan/ |
Description | Presentation on "Feasibility of using mobile phones for nutrition counseling through exisiting health workers in rural Banglaldesh" at 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel, Switzerland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ECTMIH aimed to be an open forum for scientists, politicians, NGOs, public and private sector health experts to exchange ideas, review progress and discuss solutions to global health challenges following our joint principle and spirit of mutual learning for change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.ectmihbasel2015.ch/ectmih2015/home.html |
Description | Presentation on "Sexual and reproductive health and rights and mHealth in policy and practice in South Africa" at City Health, Amsterdam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The conference examined how cities around the globe respond to changing populations and adapt to changing health behaviours. We gave the presentation and audiences responded enthusiastically. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://cityhealthinternational.org/2014 |
Description | Presentation on "The use of icts for health information seeking in bangladesh: are we leaving women behind?" at 3rd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Cape Town |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This symposium brought together major stakeholders in health systems and policy research. The symposium led to the development of the paper 'A gender and intersectionality perspective on the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for health information seeking in Bangladesh', to be published in RinGs' special issue in Health Policy and Planning later in 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://healthsystemsresearch.org/hsr2014/ |
Description | Presentation on 'Health information seeking in Bangladesh; How does mHealth fit in?' at mHealth Summit, Washington DC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We delivered the initial research findings which emphasised the lack of mHealth usage by Bangladeshi households. This summit led to further engagement with Johns Hopkins University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.paho.org/ict4health/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=94%3Amhealth-summit-20... |
Description | Presentation on 'Insights into Health information seeking in Bangladesh; How does mHealth fit in?' at GSMA Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We presented findings on how to incorporate ICT in the health sector. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.gsma.com/digitalcommerce/digital-commerce-events/mobile-360-series-africa-cape-town-5-7-n... |
Description | Presentation on 'Opportunities and Challenges: Integrating mHealth into Low- and Middle-Income Health Systems' in 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Vancouver |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Abstract is accepted. The presentation will be in November 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://healthsystemsglobal.org/globalsymposia/ |
Description | Presentation to a WHO workshop on governance of mixed health systems |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom was invited to make a presentation to a workshop organised by the WHO as a side event to a major conference organised by Health Systems Global in Bogota in October 2022. The topic was the implications of the growing importance of digital health in health system governance. The head of the WHO programme on governance of the private sector stated that he was convinced that his team will need to pay more attention to this issue. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation to a conference on digital health in Bangladesh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom was invited to make a presentation to a conference on digital health innovations in Bangladesh. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation to conference on States, Markets and Society (Brighton) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom made a presentation entitled: "ICTs and basic health services: Innovation for universal access or pathway to commercial control" to a panel at the conference: States, markets and society in a reconfigured world: Defining a new era for development' in Brighton in July 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation to online workshop on digital health in Bangladesh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | I made a presentation to an online national meeting on digital health in Bangladesh. My presentation brought an international perspective to the discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentations at Health Systems in Asia, Singapore |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "The conference was held in association with Social Science & Medicine, the world's most cited social science journal. We presented 5 abstracts: ""Dis-intermediation: empowerment or abandonment? Towards a new health knowledge economy"" ""Health information seeking and new technologies"" ""New technology and illness self-management: Potential relevance for resource-poor populations in Asia"" ""mHealth as a future mode of health service delivery"" ""Access and trust through information communication technologies in Bangladesh"" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.healthsystemsasia.com/ |
Description | Seminar on Digital Health Transformation for Universal Health Coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom made a presentation to a workshop organised by the China National Health Development Research Centre |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Short course - Technical Advisory Groupunder ICT for health group in Bangladesh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This short course in Bangladesh was aimed to provide direction for ICT-related matters in health. It brought together two different groups (the technical group that knew little about health,and the general group that were less technology-savvy but wanted to develop new ideas). Online forums for both developers and the general group were derived from this short course. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Stakeholder workshop on innovation for Universal Health Coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A workshop was organised in Bengalaru for 100 stakeholders in the health innovation ecosystem and government officials from India and Africa. A workshop report has been published and follow up activities with the Indian Government and African stakeholders were identified. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/14180 |
Description | Technical Support to an Evaluation of Ten Years of China's Health Reform |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom and Wang Chenguang provided technical inputs to a major evaluation of ten years of China's health reform undertaken by the Government of China, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. A draft report is under review. The current plan is to publish the report for wide distribution in China and internationally. Gerald Bloom, co-authored a background paper on lessons emerging from international experience, including the increasing importance of digital health services and he helped produce a final draft report. Wang Chenguang led a team that assessed governance arrangements for implementing a major health system change process. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Virtual consultative meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The IDS, the Public Health Foundation of India and Amref Health Africa organised an online meeting on behalf of the thematic group of the Private Sector in Health of Health Systems Global entitled:Unlocking Private Enterprise for Public Good: Building Future Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage - redisigning health systems during COVID-19 and Beyond. The participants included senior government policy makers, heads of private health sector companies and officials of bilateral and multi-lateral health development agencies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop on 'Exploring the social, ethical and legal implications of new information and diagnostic technologies for the self-management of illness' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was a workshop organised at the Brocher Institute in Geneva on 3-5 June 2013. The participants included researchers and people implementing innovative health system interventions in South Africa, Uganda, Cambodia, Bangladesh and the Philippines and researchers from the UK, Switzerland and Belgium. The Brocher Institute provided financial support for travel by some of the participants. Participants at the meeting developed a successful research proposal to Horizon 2020 at the EU and the project will be launched soon. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Workshop organised by the Western Pacific Regional Office of the WHO on the Asia Pacific Pathway to Universal Health Coverage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Gerald Bloom presented a paper entitled Transforming Service Delivery for Universal Health Coverage in Ageing Societies. This was followed by a series of presentations from different countries and a general discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Workshop presentation on 'ICTs in Pluralistic Health systems' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to a workshop for m Health practitioners in Australia and the Asia Pacific. The major outcome has been a strengthening of collaboration between the University of New South Wales and icddr,b in Bangladesh |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | meeting with mobile hub at USAID |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We had an exchange of ideas with three key people working on mobile phones at USAID We agreed to keep each other informed |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |