Imperative for Health Systems Research, How Robust Evidence Collection Advances Global Health

Francisco Becerra-Posada; Stephanie L Ferguson

doi:10.1016/j.arcmed.2019.05.005

Imperative for Health Systems Research, How Robust Evidence Collection Advances Global Health

Arch Med Res. 2019 Feb;50(2):15-16. doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 May 23.

Authors

Francisco Becerra-Posada¹, Stephanie L Ferguson²

Affiliations

¹ Independent Consultant, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: fcobecerra@gmail.com.
² Stanford University.

PMID: 31349947
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2019.05.005

Abstract

For the advancement of universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially SDG 3, strong health systems research is needed and to understand how systems are performing and how can these be strengthen and organized as to support the advancement towards universal health coverage with a perspective to social determinants of health.

Keywords: Health systems research; Universal health.

MeSH terms

Global Health*
Humans
Sustainable Development*
Universal Health Insurance*