Hamza Meghari

University College London | UCL · Institute for Global Health (IGH)

Objectives: Over the last 2 decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a global strategy and initiatives to establish a Health Research System (HRS) focusing on Health Research Quality and Standardization (HRQS), Health Research Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination (HRKTD), and Health Research Translation and Utilization into Health...

The COVID-19 pandemic is considerably the biggest global health challenge of this modern era. Spreading across all regions of the world, this corona virus disease has disrupted even some of the most advanced economies and healthcare systems. With an increasing global death toll and no near end in sight, questions on the efficacy of global response...

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a global strategy to build a robust Health Research System Resources and Infrastructural Capacity (HRSRIC). Despite the growing research productivity, HRSRIC in Palestine has rarely been investigated. Aims: This study aims to analyse perceptions of health research system performers in order t...

This chapter discusses the Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) in Arab countries in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It highlights the conceptual framework of HPSR and its relevance, the development of HPSR and its current situation and challenges, opportunities, and applications. The chapter consists of five main sections: (1...

This research’s unique methodology hinges on the principles of meaningful youth engagement, where adolescent girls and young women themselves were involved in the design, collection, and analysis of data. ?IIGirl Effect’s Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors (TEGA) interviewed 169 adolescent girls and young women ages 15 to 24 in India, Malawi, and...

It is now time to boost and embed health policy and systems research to handle crucial questions related to COVID-19.

Gaza is a densely populated area that forms part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and inhabited by approximately 2 million Palestinians of whom the majority are registered refugees living in overcrowded camps (1). The prolonged blockade imposed since 2007 has severely impacted the socioeconomic and health conditions of Gazans (2). The longs...

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, concerns are particularly serious in conflict and humanitarian settings. Tackling the pandemic in those countries is challenging due to the fragility of socioeconomic and health systems. Palestine is one of those countries that is facing compounding challenges, instability, fragility, living conditions, poverty, an...

Background: Over the last two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a global strategy and initiatives to build robust capacity for a Health Research System (HRS) focusing on Health Research Quality and Standardization (HRQS), Health Research Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination (HRKTD), and Health Research Translation and Utiliz...

Background: The World Health Organization has proposed a global strategy to build a robust Health Research System Resources and Infrastructural Capacity (HRSRIC). Despite the growing research productivity, HRSRIC in Palestine has rarely been investigated. Aims: To analyse perceptions of health research system performers to understand the status...

Background: There is a growing international and regional interest in Health Research Systems (HRSs) in light of a global strategy for HRS stakeholders' (HRSSHs) active involvement. HRSSHs in Palestine have rarely been investigated with regard to uncertainties. Aims: This study aimed to analyse perceptions of HRSSHs in order to understand their...

Background: Over the last two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a global strategy and initiatives to build robust capacity for a Health Research System (HRS) focusing on Health Research Quality and Standardization (HRQS), Health Research Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination (HRKTD), and Health Research Translation and Utiliz...

Background: Over the last two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a global strategy and initiatives to build robust capacity for a Health Research System (HRS) focusing on Health Research Quality and Standardization (HRQS), Health Research Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination (HRKTD), and Health Research Translation and Utiliz...

Forcibly displaced people often lack access to adequate sexual and reproductive health services. Carmen Logie and colleagues examine the role of self care interventions in filling the gap

Background: In 2011, the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region committee launched a strategy for scaling up research in the region to address the countries' health needs through formulating and analysing the National Health Research System (HRS). Stewardship comprises three functions, namely governance, policy and priorities, and is a central pillar of...