ARISE at HSR 2024 in Nagasaki, Japan
Some of our ARISE colleagues will be attending the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2024) in Nagasaki, Japan. Find out more below…
Urban SHADE session: Strengthening the responsiveness of health service provision to extreme weather events for urban marginalised people
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 11.40am
Contributors: Inayat Singh Kakar,The George Institute of Global Health India; Nancy Wairimu, Muungano wa Wanavijiji; Jane Wairutu, SDI Kenya; Abu Conteh, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC); Desta Ali, Institute of Gender and Children’s Health Research, Sierra Leone (IGCHR); Lana Whittaker Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
The greatest gains in health in the context of climate change will be achieved through reducing the risks faced by the urban poor, including by targeting informal settlements (IPCC, 2022). How to reduce health risks in these contexts through strengthened health service delivery which is responsive, equitable and people- centred is, however, currently unclear. The purpose of this session is to stimulate discussion between panellists and attendees about this challenge, focussing specifically on health service delivery in the context of extreme weather events in marginalised urban environments. We will share learning from the Urban SHADE project, which works with a range of community, government and non-government actors through community based participatory action research to strengthen health service preparedness and responsiveness in marginalised urban spaces in the context of extreme weather events in India, Kenya and Sierra Leone. We will present our findings from community consultations, participatory workshops between community members and stakeholders, climate change and health policy analysis, and initial insights from community and health service vulnerability and capacity assessments.
ARISE session: Safeguarding for just and sustainable health systems: Sharing experiences and strategies in health systems research and practice
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 11.40am
Contributors: Linet Okoth, LVCT, Kenya; Bintu Mansaray, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, Sierra Leone; Hannah Berrian, UL-PIRE, Liberia; Sarah Moon, global Safeguarding Manager, Christian Blind Mission
Engagement of marginalised populations in the co-production of knowledge that challenges epistemic injustice demands rigorous and transparent safeguarding mechanisms. This session explores shares safeguarding lessons from health policy and system research projects to strengthen reflexive ‘learning health systems’ that consider ever-changing positions of power and privilege from an intersectional standpoint.
Oral presentation: Hybrid Governance of Health Service Delivery in Informal Urban Settlements in Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Systems, Actors and Challenges
Thursday, 21 November, 8am in Room 103
Presented by Bachera Aktar as part of the ‘Enhancing emergency and primary care networks: Governance and reform insights’ session.
Oral presentation: Adapting to climate change vulnerability: Insight from lived experiences and system challenges
Friday, 22 November, 9.40am in Room 109
Presented by Sabina Rashid as part of the ‘Enhancing emergency and primary care networks: Governance and reform insights’ session.
Poster: WASH-related violence in urban informal settlements in Bangladesh, Kenya, India and Sierra Leone: Co-producing knowledge for just health systems
Authors: Bintu Mansaray, Rosie Steege, Samira Sesay, Inviolata Njeri Njoroge, Ivy Chumo, Caroline Kabaria, Blessing Mberu, Partho Mukherjee, Surekha Garimella, Riaz Hossain, Sabina Rashid, Rachel Tolhurst, Neele Wiltgen Georgi, Kate Hawkins, Sally Theobald and Laura Dean
Poster: Empowering community researchers voices: Lessons from ARISE community-based participatory research in Bangladesh for translating health knowledge
Author: Muhammad Riaz Hossain, BRAC
Colleagues will also attend the 20th Annual Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2024) in Marrakesh, Morocco. Find out more about ARISE activity here.