A new special issue of Health Research Policy and Systems sets out what happened when a range of countries worked to adapt and translate World Health Organization health systems guidelines to their ow...

Alliance-funded researchers worked alongside policy-makers and clinicians as Goa’s new approach to adult vaccination took shape, bringing evidence into decisions about who to protect first, which vacc...

Launched in 2023 to help reverse pandemic-related declines in childhood immunisation, the Big Catch-Up showed that children who miss out on vaccines can still be reached.

Six country teams brought their findings to the annual learning forum of the Alliance’s vaccine uptake programme. Across very different settings, they describe the same kind of problem.The Alliance c...

What makes a national public health agency able to act quickly and credibly when an outbreak strikes? In mid-July, more than 1000 participants – joining from Argentina to Armenia to the Philippines – ...

The third in-person convening of the Partnerships for Stronger Knowledge Systems in Africa (KNOSA) took place from 16 to18 June 2026 in Eldoret, Kenya, co-hosted by Moi University. It was the second a...

This webinar will provide a platform to present the main findings of the cross-country study on governance of National Public Health Agencies for emergency preparedness and response and bring country ...

David Legge (1944–2026) was a public health academic, global health thinker and lifelong advocate for health justice. A founding member of the People’s Health Movement and a leading voice on the polit...

This annual report presents the activities, outputs and impact of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in 2025, within a rapidly evolving global health context marked by reduced develop...

Health systems leaders are being asked to do two things at once: respond to today's crises and design for the long term. The Alliance's Health Systems 2050 initiative explores how global and health-se...

A WHA 79 side event organized by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research at WHO, and the WHO Department of Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI and in partnership with Temasek Foundation...

Across six countries, 25 embedded research teams worked with immunization programmes to generate and apply evidence in real time. This led to measurable improvements in programme implementation at sub...

Vaccines are one of public health’s greatest achievements – and yet delivering them is one of its most persistent challenges. Millions of children still miss routine immunization every year, and vacci...

Is health research a luxury in times of war? At the end of March, members of the Alliance Secretariat travelled to Ukraine to consider the role of health research in conflict, reflecting on current Al...

“Our polarized society is increasingly divided by inequality. The prevailing paradigm is failing and must change. We must listen more, prioritize solutions and adapt how we work. We should follow as m...

Climate change is impacting health, social systems and livelihoods of populations across the world with sub-Saharan Africa being particularly hard-hit. Lived experiences of the impacts of climate chan...

The Alliance Lift is a series that spotlights the journeys of Alliance alumni shaping health systems around the globe. In this Q&A, Dr Kumanan Rasanathan, Executive Director of the Alliance for Health...

The global health community was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal in Costa Rica on 15 March 2026. A physician, public health leader and former Minister of Health of...

From 17-19 February, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, with support from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research, brought senior health policy-makers from six countri...

The Alliance HPSR issues calls for research proposals and bids on a regular basis targeted towards institutions from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Previous calls can be accessed in the Arc...

On 25 February, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, in collaboration with AcademyHealth, convened a global webinar to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping health poli...

Pretoria, South Africa — 20 February 2026, The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in South Africa, together with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, convened an expert pol...