Category Archives: HSS Consensus Statement
Update on HSS Guiding Principles
1. Systems Principles: Health systems stewards apply systems principles. Health systems are holistic, interdependent, constantly changing, and counter-intuitive; they are more than the sum of their parts . As such, global health planners should consider the impact that their activities … Continue reading
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Greetings from Havana
The Global Forum for Health Research has just wrapped up its Forum 2009, and I will be heading back home after spending a very enjoyable week in Cuba. There were participants from all over the world, with 60% coming from … Continue reading
HSS as a social movement (and I’m on Twitter!)
The discussions this week at the Health Impact Assessment Conference got me thinking, once again, about health as a social movement. I remember well first reading the words “health systems activism.” I was an intern, during my neurosurgery rotation. Perhaps … Continue reading
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