The Future of Health Systems: Advancing Health Systems Strengthening: Metrics, Learnings, and Future Directions

In today’s evolving health systems landscape, effective monitoring, evaluation and learning strategies are indispensable for driving performance improvements in health systems and health outcomes. However, navigating through the complexities of health systems requires a nuanced approach, especially when it comes to standard indicators and global knowledge sharing as well as collation, management, and dissemination of learnings.

This webinar serves as a platform to delve into these challenges and present practical solutions including the critical need for standardized metrics, evidence generation, and continuous learning in health systems strengthening programming. The webinar will spotlight the role of effective primary healthcare metrics as a pathway towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.

Panelists will provide forward-looking perspectives on the future application of metrics and learning methods in health systems strengthening. Through insightful discussions and case studies, participants will gain valuable insights into leveraging these metrics to drive towards equitable, sustainable, and resilient health systems improvements and achievement of health outcomes.

Moderator:

• Kathryn Stillman, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Senior Director, Abt Global

Panelists:

• Rachel Marcus, Senior Health Systems Strengthening Advisor, Office of Health Systems, USAID
• John Grove, Chief Evaluation & Learning Officer, The Global Fund
• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine