The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

ABSTRACT

The Alliance HPSR is an international collaboration based in the Health Systems and Services Cluster in the World Health Organization (WHO). Its activities are coordinated by a small secretariat but most of these are conducted through the competitive award of grants to any of the more than 300 partners associated with the Alliance.While the Alliance was an initiative of the Global Forum for Health Research, in 2005, the Alliance HPSR, agreed a closer relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) and now derives its legal entity from WHO. The Alliance is an important element in WHO's promotion of health systems research following the Mexico Ministerial Summit on Health research and the resolution on health research passed at the 2005 World Health Assembly.Objectives:The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research aims to promote the generation and use of health policy and systems research as a means to improve the health systems of developing countries.