Second National Conference on bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP 2012)
About EPHP
The Institute of Public Health, Bangalore is a community driven academic institution with a mission to promote the health status of the population through research, training and advocacy. IPH organized the first national conference (EPHP-1) “Bringing Evidence to Public Health Policy” in December 2010 and the main focus of this conference was taking the evidence from NRHM to policy makers. IPH is now hosting EPHP 2012 on October 5 – 6 2012, in collaboration with Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Belgium, National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC), Government of India and State Health Systems Resource Center (SHSRC), Government of Karnataka.
The overall theme of EPHP-II is “Strengthening Health Systems to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in India” .The conference will focus on the role of service provision & delivery, governance, financing, human resources, technology and information systems for strengthening / restructuring health systems at various levels by different sectors for achieving universal health coverage.
The main objectives of the conference are:
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Disseminate the concepts of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health Systems (HS) in the Indian context.
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Disseminate and review the evidence of research and implementation experiences of health systems strengthening at the National and State Level.
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Provide a platform to bring together policy makers, practitioners and researchers to reflect on issues related to Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage.
EPHP will be a platform in bringing together all stakeholders and to gain more insights to operationalising Universal Health Coverage in India. In this context, we would request the participation of your institute in this conference and share your experiences and hear from others working in this area.
To know more about the conference kindly visit – www.ephp.in or Watch YouTube Videos
