Health Systems Transformation Platform

📣 Opportunity Alert! #ImmediateHiring ✍ Currently, Health Systems Transformation Platform is hiring an #AssociateSpecialist to join its #UrbanPrimaryHealthCare team. This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to #transformative healthcare initiatives. 😀 Sounds interesting? Please send your updated CV and a cover letter to: hstp@hstp.org.in 🔗 Click here to learn more about the job: https://lnkd.in/gXBsUf_F 📆 15 October 2024 🤔 Consider applying or sharing with interested candidates in your network. #ApplyNow #AssociateSpecialist #UPHC #Delhi #DontMissYourChanceToMakeADifference Rajeev Sadanandan I Dr. Sudha Chandrashekar I Prasad hassan sanjeevaiah I Dr. Anushree Health Systems Transformation Platform

📢 Publication Alert! 👏 We’re thrilled to announce that `Resilient Health: Leveraging Technology and Social Innovations to Transform Healthcare for COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond’ features a pivotal chapter on the `Role of governments in building resilient health systems’, authored by our CEO, Mr. Rajeev Sadanandan. 💡 This #groundbreaking volume delves into the intersection of disruptive technology & social innovation, exploring how these elements can reshape healthcare for the post-COVID era. It underscores the vital role of governments in responding to health emergencies while emphasizing that building a resilient health system requires proactive measures during normal times. The system must balance everyday operations with emergency readiness, defining a tipping point to absorb #shocks and maintain core functions during crises. The book features contributions from global experts across sectors- government, public, & private domains, addressing urgent issues related to healthcare delivery & equity. 🔖 Spanning eight essential parts, the volume covers the context & challenges faced by health systems today, the latest advancements such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mixed reality, & Intelligent Virtual Assistants. These innovations, tailored for diverse populations (women, youth, the elderly, migrants, disabled persons, and Indigenous peoples are showcased as tools transforming both physical & mental healthcare. 📚Mr. Rajeev Sadanandan’s chapter highlights that Governments are crucial in responding to health emergencies but building a resilient health system requires proactive measures during normal times. Defining a tipping point for emergency provisions helps balance everyday operations and emergency readiness. Strengthening resilience involves enhancing both the hardware- workforce, supplies, and organization, & the software- values, innovation culture, & trust. Effective responses necessitate robust primary healthcare, well-trained personnel, secure supply chains, reliable surveillance, & flexible financing. Leadership, public trust, & a focus on equity, particularly for marginalized groups, are equally vital. The chapter outlines transformative solutions & actionable frameworks for policy, and programming, aimed at fortifying resilient health systems, particularly for under-resourced & vulnerable communities. ❗In conclusion, this chapter aligns seamlessly with the book's theme, emphasizing the vital role of stakeholders, innovative financing, & collaborative networks in achieving #UHC and advancing SDG 3. By showcasing case studies from underserved regions, it serves as an essential guide for civil society, NGOs, governments, & healthcare practitioners, providing valuable insights for effective healthcare planning & delivery. 🔗 Click here for full access: https://lnkd.in/g_n5EMfH #ResilientHealth #HealthcareInnovation #UHC Rajeev Sadanandan Health Systems Transformation Platform

💡 Publication Alert! 🎇 Excited to announce that our article ``Building Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) capacity in India: Reflections from the India HPSR fellowship program (2020-2023)" by the Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Secretariat and Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP) team has now been published in #BMC. 🔍#HPSR focuses on understanding and improving how societies organize to achieve collective health goals by examining interactions in policy and implementation processes. Building #HPSR capacity in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential for generating evidence that strengthens health systems, enhances policies, and supports better health outcomes. 📍 The India HPSR Fellowship, anchored at Health Systems Transformation Platform, is a capacity-building initiative that works to address this need. Developed in collaboration with institutes both in India and internationally, the fellowship has already trained three cohorts of fellows between 2020 and 2023. 💡 This article provides an overview of the fellowship and reflects on the key learnings from its early years. Notably, globally available #HPSR curricula need to be adapted to country-specific contexts, and unlearning prior assumptions is crucial for fellows. The program must also address challenges like publication barriers and work obligations. Moreover, it highlights the need for stronger research–policy–practice interfaces to enhance the policy translation of fellows' work. However, sustaining such fellowships in LMICs remains challenging due to high costs and limited immediate outputs. Despite these challenges, the India HPSR fellowship demonstrates the potential of LMIC-led initiatives to influence health systems and foster international HPSR communities of practice. 🔗 Click here to access the full article: https://lnkd.in/gxWEXtR8 👏 A big shout-out to Devadasan N Sir, Rajeev Sadanandan Sir, Sudha Ramani, PhD, Dorothy Lall, Syed Abbas, Prashanth N Srinivas, Shilpa John-Garde, Bruno Marchal, Dr. Sumit, Devaki Nambiar, Sara Van Belle, Dr. Rakhal, for their incredible support in building a strong research ecosystem and fostering collaboration to address global health challenges. #HealthSystemsStrengthening #HealthResearch  #HPSRCapacityBuilding   #PolicyForChange  #ResearchForImpact

Home Healthcare (HHC) is gaining popularity in India due to the increasing elderly population, rising prevalence of chronic conditions, changing family structures, and advancements in healthcare technology. The COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the expanding size and scope of HHC in the country. However, Health Systems Transformation Platform's report, "Regulation of Health Care Delivery in India – A Landscape Study," which reviewed central laws regulating healthcare delivery in the country, highlighted the lack of clarity on what constitutes HHC, how it is organized and delivered, and the corresponding regulatory structures. To know more about the study, please click here: https://lnkd.in/gRyxnDn7 Despite the growing importance of HHC, there remains a significant gap in awareness, knowledge, and understanding among users, providers, and the general population. To address this, Health Systems Transformation Platform has developed comprehensive and targeted advocacy Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials on HHC. The IEC materials cover guidance for users and providers, policy recommendations surrounding HHC, the importance of standardization for quality HHC, and the rights of users and providers. To view/access the IEC material, please click here: https://lnkd.in/grDiyURi Please feel free to use and share the material for maximum reach and benefit. #HomeHealthcare #LowAwareness #IECMaterials #GuidanceforUsersandProviders Rajeev Sadanandan I Pallavi Gupta Health Systems Transformation Platform

Effective research management drives research, fosters innovation, and cultivates a strong research culture. Providing institutional support for partnership building, grant management (pre- and post-award), and compliance oversight enables researchers to access diverse funding sources. Though still emerging in India, research management is increasingly recognized as a vital scientific administrative discipline, offering growing career opportunities for research managers and administrators (RMAs). The #IndiaResearchManagementInitiative (IRMI) by DBT/WT India Alliance serves as a platform for the growing RMA community to connect and collaborate, further strengthening research management efforts nationwide. Health Systems Transformation Platform recently participated in the 12th DBT/WT India Alliance Conclave, held from August 28-30, 2024, in #Hyderabad, Telangana. The Conclave offered a significant platform for this crucial discourse by bringing together researchers, fellows, reviewers, stakeholders, and donors. It facilitated grant reviews, knowledge sharing, and cross-disciplinary collaborations. The Conclave showcased groundbreaking scientific research and strategic discussions on research management. Kicked off with high-energy lightning talks by Early Career Fellows, the event featured 105 poster presentations from 70 institutions. Topics ranged from molecular mechanisms and injury repair to innovations in heart failure treatment, cancer immunotherapy, and the genetics of psychiatric disorders, highlighting the diverse research supported by the India Alliance. The Conclave was attended by over 100 awardees, all participating in this review process. To know more about the key moments of the 12th India Alliance Annual Conclave 2024, please click here: https://lnkd.in/g94zHvQP Rajeev Sadanandan DBT/WT India Alliance Health Systems Transformation Platform

Imagine a healthcare system where no female health worker in a vibrant pink saree walks through the lanes of Mysuru’s urban slums, knocking on the door to remind you about your child’s immunization or checking if the pregnant woman in your household has taken her iron supplements. There’s no one to gently encourage a young couple to consider family planning or to help a pregnant woman understand the importance of four ANC visits. Where is that friendly face who ensures that mothers and children receive vital healthcare? The lanes once filled with the purposeful strides of these health warriors, are now eerily silent. She is the Accredited Social Health Activist (#ASHA)- a health advocate, a mobilizer, and a counselor- donning many roles! Without ASHAs, the pregnant women, who would typically crowd the UPHCs for their routine #ANC visits, would be fewer in numbers. ASHAs, who tirelessly visit homes to ensure these women take their #IFA tablets- will miss their essential doses. What about the #UHND & Health Camps?  These camps where ASHAs and AWW, ANMs collaborate to share critical information on RMNCH+A shall be a distant memory. The vibrant gatherings of community members learning about health and wellness are likely to be replaced by quiet corners where misinformation spreads unchecked. Without ASHAs, the risk of complications during childbirth shall escalate, and worried families replace the once-constant hum of health discussions. #Couples relying on ASHAs for contraceptive counseling can be seen struggling with unplanned pregnancies, adding strain to already limited resources. In a close-knit community, the #RoutineImmunization program is likely to falter, leaving children vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, polio, and diphtheria. As families forget to avail of timely vaccines, the threat of these diseases reemerges, erasing years of progress and spreading suffering. The absence of ASHA workers would create a chasm between the government’s health programs and the communities they serve, causing critical health service delivery to plummet and leaving many without essential care. India's healthcare system, particularly for the most #vulnerable, would become distant, and #inaccessible. Health Systems Transformation Platform salutes these foot soldiers working tirelessly in #Mysuru UPHCs to enhance the RMNCH+A outcomes for their unwavering commitment. Their stories of triumph, navigating the complexities of healthcare delivery in challenging ecosystems serve to be celebrated and documented. Let us stand together to support these remarkable women, ensuring that their invaluable contributions are never taken for granted and that their stories are heard and celebrated. #ASHA #UniversalHealthCoverage #ComprehensivePrimaryHealthcare #EnhanceHealthOutcomes #MotherandChildHealth #FamilyPlanning #Mysuru #UPHCs Rajeev Sadanandan I Dr. Sudha Chandrashekar Prasad hassan sanjeevaiah

📣 Opportunity Alert! #ImmediateHiring Currently, Health Systems Transformation Platform is hiring a #Manager for its Resource Mobilization team. Click here to learn more about the job: https://lnkd.in/gyN-er54 If you are interested please send your updated CV and a cover letter to: careers@hstp.org.in Consider applying or share with interested candidates in your network. Apply by: 30 September, 2024 #HiringNow #Manager #ResourceMobilization #Delhi #JoinNow

📣 Opportunity Alert! #ImmediateHiring Currently, Health Systems Transformation Platform Human Resource for Health team is hiring a #YoungProfessional. Click here to learn more about the job: https://lnkd.in/g3fdRAM9 If you are interested please send your updated CV and a cover letter to: hstp@hstp.org.in Consider applying or share with interested candidates in your network. Apply by: 20 September, 2024 #HiringNow #YoungProfessional #HealthResourceforHealth #Delhi #JoinNow

🎊 We are pleased to welcome Dr. Anushree to the Health Systems Transformation Platform team as our #YoungProfessional in #UrbanPrimaryHealthcare. Dr. Anushree holds a Master in Public Health from the prestigious Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, and a Bachelor in Dental Surgery. A sound knowledge of RMNCHA+ from her role as Senior Specialist at #UPTSU, combined with experience in the RCH division at National Health Mission, Gujarat, defines Dr. Trikha’s expertise. Additionally, she has contributed to the implementation of the PM-JAY program at the National Health Authority (NHA). We wish her the best as she joins our team and look forward to her valuable contributions to the Health Systems Transformation Platform! 👏 Rajeev Sadanandan I Dr. Sudha Chandrashekar I Dr. Anushree

Day 2 of the DBT/WT India Alliance Conclave began with a talk by Apurva Sarin, CEO of India Alliance. The collaborative spirit continued throughout the day as researchers and research management professionals exchanged ideas and explored new perspectives through talks, poster presentations, and focused group discussions. Department of Biotechnology Wellcome Trust