BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Joint Learning Network - ECPv6.16.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Joint Learning Network X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Joint Learning Network REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Nairobi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EAT DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260304 DTSTAMP:20260416T072520Z CREATED:20260410T084134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T072520Z UID:12671-1772496000-1772582399@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:JLN Digital Health Collaborative Knowledge Product Showcase Series DESCRIPTION:The Joint Learning Network (JLN) Digital Health Collaborative Knowledge Product Showcase Series spotlights practical\, country-driven lessons from the JLN’s Digital Health Collaborative. The session presents products that help countries navigate the steep learning curve of digital health and AI by co-producing and sharing guidance on issues prioritized by country policymakers. The upcoming session highlights insights emerging from the collaborative community\, including lessons to strengthen governance by blending evidence\, tools\, and real-world practice through country co-created KPs: Addressing Public Governance Challenges in Digital Health and the Digital Health Companion (DHC)\, an AI-enabled\, retrieval-augmented chatbot with a curated knowledge base developed with country policymakers. The session has three objectives. First\, it offers solution-oriented lessons from diverse country experiences on designing and sequencing governance reforms spanning regulatory frameworks\, institutional models\, sustainable resourcing\, and coordination mechanisms suited to centralized and decentralized contexts. Second\, it demonstrates how the DHC supports learning through a curated knowledge base that answers context-specific questions. Third\, it distills actionable strategies from country experiences that participants can adapt to their own contexts. \nJoin us to learn how countries are advancing digital health governance and capacity\, and to explore practical tools you can apply in your work. \nLearning objectives \n\nProvide solution-oriented lessons from diverse country experiences on designing and sequencing governance reforms spanning regulatory frameworks\, institutional models\, sustainable resourcing\, and coordination mechanisms suited to centralized and decentralized contexts (based on the product “Addressing Public Governance Challenges in Digital Health”).\nDemonstrate the Digital Health Companion (DHC) and how it supports learning through a curated knowledge base that answers context-specific questions.\nDistill actionable strategies from country experiences that can enable participants to think through the approach and how to action it in their own contexts.\n\nAudience \nThe audience for the session is both internal and external. Internally\, it targets colleagues across the World Bank\, e.g.\, health\, digital development\, governance\, and operations teams\, who support country counterparts on digital health strategy\, regulatory reforms\, institutional design\, and implementation\, as well as staff involved in the development\, procurement\, and rollout of digital solutions in the health sector. Externally\, it engages country policymakers and implementers driving digital health transformation\, including representatives from ministries of health\, finance\, ICT\, and planning; national digital health units; regulators; and subnational leaders\, alongside partners such as development agencies\, industry\, civil society\, and academia. \nSpeakers \nChair: \nMatthew Thomas Hulse\, Senior Health Specialist\, World Bank \nPresenter: \nNiki O’Brien\, Data Governance / Health Specialist\, World Bank \nDiscussants: \n(Country Panel) \nSiti Nurbaya Shahrir\, Public Health Physician\, Ministry of Health Malaysia \nHammond N. Sarkwah\, Deputy Director ICT\, Ghana Health Service \nZdravko Grubac\, Coordinator for Digitalization in Health Sector\, Republika Srpska Ministry of Health and Social Welfare \nJohn Ulysses M. Galo\, Information Officer IV\, Knowledge. Management and Information Technology Service\, Philippine Department of Health \n(Reflections from regional networks) \nSteven Wanyee\, President\, HELINA \nJai Ganesh Udayasankaran\, Executive Director\, AeHIN \nJoseline Carias Galeano\, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)\, RECAINSA \nModerators: \nMalarvizhi Veerappan\, Program Manager\, World Bank \nTiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi\, Senior Data Governance Specialist\, World Bank \nClosing remarks: \nMatthew Thomas Hulse\, Senior Health Specialist\, World Bank \nHow to join: \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://jointlearningnetwork.zoom.us/j/84124125351?pwd=ojG5Wlh0aN2SBAfwfvJmK4gISSPsYC.1 \nMeeting ID: 841 2412 5351 \nPasscode: 6zK..$zG URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/jln-digital-health-collaborative-knowledge-product-showcase-series/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260126 DTSTAMP:20260416T072632Z CREATED:20260410T084135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T072632Z UID:12672-1769126400-1769385599@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:JLN Steering Group and Country Core Group Community of Practice Meeting \, 23-25 January Bangkok DESCRIPTION:Discussions focused on identifying the most critical strategic directions for the Network at this juncture\, including clarifying what concrete and collective commitments should be undertaken in 2026 to strengthen JLN’s relevance\, effectiveness\, and country impact. Steering Group and CCG-CoP members engaged in open and constructive dialogue on ways to deepen country engagement and more firmly anchor CCGs within strengthened country-level processes and reforms. Financing\, Primary healthcare\, Non-communicable diseases\, Mental health\, Climate resilience\, Digital health continued to emerge as critical priorities that need collaborative action and focused initiatives such as the Joint Learning Fund for collective problem solving. As an outcome of these deliberations\, Steering Group members articulated a set of action-oriented priorities aimed at strengthening core JLN functions\, including governance\, strategic positioning\, fundraising\, and the effective implementation of the Joint Learning Fund embedded within the collaboratives to enable implementation learning approach and implementation research for evidence based programming. These action plans provide clear strategic direction for the Network\, with an agreed timeline for implementation by June 2026\, ensuring continuity and focus as JLN moves into its next phase.The Network Manager\, in close collaboration with the JLN World Bank team\, will lead the coordination and implementation of these agreed actions\, working closely with Steering Group members and country representatives to ensure alignment with country learning priorities and sustained progress toward JLN’s strategic objectives. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/jln-steering-group-and-country-core-group-community-of-practice-meeting-23-25-january-bangkok/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DSC01064-scaled-e1772449827444.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251010 DTSTAMP:20260416T072422Z CREATED:20260410T084136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T072422Z UID:12669-1759622400-1760054399@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Second In-Person Meeting of the CSHS Collaborative DESCRIPTION:Event Announcement \nThe Second In-Person Meeting of the CSHS Collaborative \nOctober 5-9\, Manama\, Bahrain \nThe JLN Collaborative on Climate Smart Health Systems will hold its second full-collaborative in-person meeting in Manama\, Bahrain\, from October 5-9\, 2025. At the Second In-Person meeting\, members will provide feedback and finalize the knowledge products that have been developed over the previous year (under the three workstreams of Governance\, Financing\, and Data and Accountability) and identify products for co-production in Year 2 of the collaborative\, under the remaining three workstreams of Multisectoral Action\, Engaging Communities\, and Service Delivery Models. \nThe Governance workstream has developed a Climate and Health Governance Guideline that covers policies\, regulations\, leadership\, and stakeholder coordination. The Financing workstream has drafted two knowledge products: Making the Case for Investment in Climate and Health\, which outlines key messages on health impacts and investment benefits\, and a Repository on Public Financial Management for Climate and Health that compiles resources for climate-smart health financing. The Data and Accountability workstream has drafted a Data Toolkit on common data integration and visualization challenges\, as well as two repositories\, with the first focusing on Health Facility Infrastructure and the second focusing on Health Worker Tools. \nBy fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among policymakers\, the CSHS Collaborative aims to strengthen governments’ capacity to build climate-smart health systems and address the challenges posed by climate change.  Members of the collaborative have previously convened at the Launch meeting of the collaborative in February 2024 (Washington\, DC\, USA) and at the First Author’s Workshop in October 2024 (New Delhi\, India). \nThe inaugural in-person meeting was attended by 20 countries from Africa\, Asia\, the Middle East\, and South America. The primary goals of the initial in-person meeting of the JLN CSHS Collaborative were to initiate the collaborative\, identify priority technical areas and key themes\, share existing efforts\, tools\, and successes\, understand and document expectations for collaborative activities\, and jointly outline potential knowledge products that could be co-produced throughout the two-year collaborative period. The meeting facilitated the sharing of experiences and lessons learned regarding climate change response and healthcare system resilience. During the launch meeting\, participants identified the six workstreams for focus by the collaborative and agreed to collaboratively co-develop knowledge products in 2024-2025 under the first three workstreams of Governance\, Financing and Data and Accountability. \nThe First Author’s Workshop in New Delhi\, India\, from October 7-11\, 2024\, brought together a select group of participants from 21 member countries to share their practical experiences and implementation knowledge. Attendees discussed the key components and country examples for inclusion in the Year 1 knowledge products and shared their interest in co-authoring and contributing content for specific sections in each knowledge product. The workshop concluded with working outlines for the knowledge products for further virtual deliberation. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/second-in-person-meeting-of-the-cshs-collaborative/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250924 DTSTAMP:20260416T072243Z CREATED:20260410T084137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T072243Z UID:12675-1758585600-1758671999@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Partilha de ideias e lições aprendidas: reflexões da primeira reunião presencial da colaboração JLN-CSHS em Marrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal DESCRIPTION:Autores: Amal Dahri\, Codou Badiane Mane\, Abdoulaye Diaw\, Bekkaoui Hassane\, Isaulina Barreto\, Leonel Pontes e Ilhame Ouansafi. \nRepresentantes de Marrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal\, acompanhados por funcionários do Banco Mundial da  nos escritórios nacionais \, participaram da reunião presencial inaugural da em Washington\, DC\, EUA\, de 26 a 27 de fevereiro de 2024. A reunião contou com a participação de 20 países da África\, Ásia\, Médio Oriente e América do Sul e foi realizada para facilitar a partilha de experiências e lições aprendidas sobre a resposta às alterações climáticas e a resiliência dos sistemas de saúde. Os principais objetivos da reunião foram iniciar a colaboração\, identificar áreas técnicas prioritárias e temas-chave\, partilhar esforços\, ferramentas e sucessos existentes\, compreender e documentar as expectativas para atividades colaborativas e delinear em conjunto potenciais produtos de conhecimento que poderiam ser coproduzidos ao longo do período de colaboração de dois anos. Os participantes identificaram seis linhas de trabalho para foco da colaboração e concordaram em desenvolver em conjunto cinco produtos de conhecimento em 2024-2025\, correspondentes às três primeiras linhas de trabalho: 1) Governança\, 2) Financiamento e Maximização do Financiamento\, 3) Dados e Responsabilidade\, 4) Ação Multissetorial\, 5) Envolvimento das Comunidades e 6) Modelos de Prestação de Serviços. \nAs discussões revelaram que o custo da inação em relação às alterações climáticas\, cujo impacto global já é evidente\, ultrapassa em muito o custo do investimento em esforços de mitigação. Esses investimentos beneficiariam os sistemas de saúde\, permitindo-lhes continuar a servir as populações\, especialmente as mais vulneráveis. Este artigo destaca as discussões da colaboração JLN CSHS sobre as situações climáticas e de saúde de Marrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal\, bem como as suas expectativas para as próximas reuniões e dedicação aos produtos de conhecimento. \nPanorama climático e de saúde em Marrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal \nMarrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal reconhecem o impacto significativo que as alterações climáticas têm nos resultados de saúde\, reconhecendo que ameaçam comprometer décadas de progresso na saúde pública. Embora estes países se encontrem em diferentes fases de incorporação das considerações climáticas nas políticas públicas\, todos os três demonstraram um compromisso político para lidar com as alterações climáticas. \nMitigação CSHS de Marrocos: Construindo Resiliência às Alterações Climáticas \nMarrocos enfrenta desafios crescentes decorrentes das alterações climáticas\, sofrendo ondas de calor extremas\, secas e es e inundações. O país continua comprometido com as metas climáticas internacionais para 2030 e está a tomar medidas decisivas para mitigar as alterações climáticas e reduzir as emissões de gases com efeito de estufa (GEE) em todos os setores\, especialmente na saúde. \nAté 2021\, o Ministério da Saúde e Proteção Social de Marrocos comprometeu-se a construir um sistema de saúde sustentável e resiliente às alterações climáticas. Uma avaliação recente analisou a sustentabilidade ambiental\, a resiliência climática e as emissões de GEE das instalações de saúde públicas de Marrocos. Com base nas recomendações da avaliação\, Marrocos irá desenvolver um plano de implementação para melhorar a resiliência climática das suas instalações de saúde. Estas medidas substanciais demonstram a dedicação de Marrocos em fortalecer o seu sistema de saúde contra os impactos das alterações climáticas e garantir a continuidade dos serviços de saúde em meio a perturbações relacionadas com o clima. São Tomé e Príncipe\, um pequeno Estado insular em desenvolvimento (SIDS)\, tem um histórico de chuvas e deslizamentos de terra\, que levam a doenças transmitidas pela água e ao aumento de casos de malária e dengue. A celulite necrosante\, causada por microrganismos normalmente encontrados na pele\, também pode estar relacionada com as alterações climáticas. A parte norte do país\, propensa a inundações durante a estação chuvosa\, implementou exercícios de simulação para se preparar para tais eventos. Apesar de participar na Conferência das Partes (COP)\, o país ainda não iniciou medidas relacionadas com a saúde para se adaptar às alterações climáticas. \nAbordagem proativa do Senegal para integrar os riscos climáticos no planeamento do setor da saúde \nO Senegal está a adotar uma postura proativa contra os riscos à saúde relacionados ao clima\, integrando considerações climáticas no planeamento e orçamento de projetos de investimento em todos os setores\, com foco particular na saúde e nos determinantes da saúde. Esta abordagem é impulsionada pelo aumento da prevalência de eventos climáticos extremos\, como chuvas fortes\, inundações\, temperaturas extremas\, chuvas fora de época\, tempestades de poeira\, secas e erosão costeira\, que levaram ao surgimento de doenças como a dengue nos últimos anos (2017-2023). As principais iniciativas incluem o reforço do quadro institucional e a promoção da colaboração intra e multissetorial\, particularmente no âmbito do grupo Saúde e Ambiente\, a fim de garantir uma compreensão e integração abrangentes dos riscos climáticos no setor da saúde. \nO Senegal demonstra o seu compromisso com cuidados de saúde conscientes do clima através de várias iniciativas. A colaboração entre o Ministério do Ambiente\, Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Transição Ecológica (MEDDTE) e o Ministério da Saúde e Ação Social (MSAS) levou ao desenvolvimento do plano nacional de adaptação para o setor da saúde (PNAS)\, que aguarda validação política. Além disso\, um decreto exige a integração climática em todos os futuros projetos de investimento público superiores a 500 milhões de FCFA\, e um «orçamento nacional verde» complementará a lei financeira de 2024. \nO Senegal concluiu análises de lacunas e estudos de vulnerabilidade para informar essas políticas. O país está a finalizar uma nota conceitual para um projeto de adaptação da saúde para o Fundo Verde para o Clima (GCF) e integrou o risco climático na política de desenvolvimento do setor da saúde\, nas estruturas do sistema e nos procedimentos. Os indicadores de saúde sensíveis ao clima agora fazem parte da Contribuição Nacionalmente Determinada (NDC) e do monitoramento rotineiro do sistema de informações de saúde. Além disso\, o sistema de alerta precoce de ondas de calor está a ser reforçado. \nAprendizagens dos países e cumprimento das expectativas\n \nColaboração internacional para construir sistemas de saúde resilientes às alterações climáticas \nA reunião presencial inaugural da parceria JLN-CSHS promoveu um intercâmbio valioso entre participantes francófonos de diversos países. A reunião facilitou uma plataforma para partilhar ideias sobre os impactos das alterações climáticas\, discutir desafios específicos da região e aprender com o progresso uns dos outros no desenvolvimento de sistemas de saúde capazes de resistir às alterações climáticas. \nMarrocos\, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal valorizaram a plataforma de troca de conhecimentos da JLN\, que lhes permitiu expandir a sua base de conhecimentos e aprender com as diversas abordagens que outros países adotaram para enfrentar os seus desafios e limitações únicos. Os três países mostraram-se particularmente interessados em conhecer as iniciativas empreendidas por outros países participantes para se adaptarem e mitigarem os efeitos adversos das alterações climáticas nos sistemas de saúde. Enfatizaram a importância de aprender com as boas práticas e iniciativas bem-sucedidas noutros contextos\, com o objetivo de adaptar e replicar essas estratégias nos seus próprios sistemas de saúde. \nOs três países destacaram uma série de características específicas que aprenderam com estas reuniões\, em várias fases da integração das considerações relativas às alterações climáticas nas suas políticas públicas. \nMarrocos enfatizou que a governança é o eixo mais importante para garantir o sucesso na luta contra os efeitos adversos das alterações climáticas\, tanto a nível nacional como internacional. Eles afirmaram que a governança permitirá o estabelecimento de uma abordagem multissetorial tanto para a adaptação às alterações climáticas como para a redução das emissões de GEE. \nSão Tomé e Príncipe reconheceu a necessidade de realizar um estudo de vulnerabilidade da saúde para aumentar a resiliência às alterações climáticas. O país também enfatizou a necessidade de priorizar a criação de um plano nacional de adaptação às alterações climáticas na saúde\, um plano de financiamento para essas atividades e o estabelecimento de boa governança e compromisso da comunidade para garantir resultados impactantes. \nO Senegal destacou iniciativas bem-sucedidas dos países participantes\, incluindo a gestão de resíduos em Marrocos (utilizando trituradores esterilizadores e reciclagem em vez de incineradores) e a análise de infraestruturas de saúde resilientes às alterações climáticas e com baixas emissões.  Outros sucessos observados incluem a estrutura institucional de «saúde e clima» da Nigéria; a lista de verificação de Fiji para instalações de saúde ecologicamente sustentáveis; kits de ferramentas de avaliação da pegada de carbono e vulnerabilidade na Malásia\, Colômbia\, Bangladesh e Índia; e edifícios de saúde com certificação verde da Malásia para mitigar as emissões de carbono do seu setor de saúde. \nMarrocos e o Senegal identificaram várias lições práticas\, incluindo o reforço da governação climática no setor da saúde\, o reforço de abordagens multissetoriais para a adaptação do setor da saúde às alterações climáticas e a construção de instalações de saúde resilientes às alterações climáticas e com baixas emissões de carbono. Entretanto\, São Tomé e Príncipe centrou-se no envolvimento da comunidade\, tirando partido do centro de educação para a saúde do país. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/partilha-de-ideias-e-licoes-aprendidas-reflexoes-da-primeira-reuniao-presencial-da-colaboracao-jln-cshs-em-marrocos-sao-tome-e-principe-e-senegal/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250721 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250725 DTSTAMP:20260416T072014Z CREATED:20260410T084138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T072014Z UID:12670-1753056000-1753401599@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:In-Person Workshop\, Istanbul-Primary Healthcare Performance Management Collaborative DESCRIPTION:The JLN Primary Healthcare Performance Management Collaborative\, facilitated by Aceso Global\, held an in-person workshop from July 21–24\, 2025\, in Istanbul\, Turkey. This highly interactive convening brought together member country teams to strengthen skills\, co-create practical tools\, and advance innovations in PHC performance management. \nThe workshop centred on two key work-streams: \n\n\nHard Skills Capacity-Building (Days 1 and 3): Participants worked on finalizing pilot initiatives in Liberia\, South Africa\, and the Philippines\, focusing on practicum development\, mini-project preparation\, applied computer literacy\, drafting terms of reference\, contracting trainers\, curriculum walkthroughs\, and quantitative analysis. The sessions were designed to be hands-on\, combining technical content with interactive learning activities to strengthen district-level management capacity. \n\n\nDashboard Development (Days 2 and 4): Country teams engaged in data visualization exercises\, group presentations\, and practical discussions on effective dashboard use. Highlights included country updates from Mongolia and Nigeria\, a masterclass on dashboard design and impact by expert Katherine Rowell\, and a collaborative session supporting Mongolia’s development of a new in-house performance dashboard. \n\n\nThe four-day workshop concluded with a planning session to shape the Collaborative’s final outputs\, ensuring that lessons\, tools\, and resources are captured for use across JLN countries. \nThis gathering not only deepened technical skills but also reinforced the value of peer learning—helping member countries strengthen the foundations of resilient and equitable primary healthcare systems. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/in-person-workshop-istanbul-primary-healthcare-performance-management-collaborative/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250123 DTSTAMP:20260416T073823Z CREATED:20260410T084140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T073823Z UID:12673-1737504000-1737590399@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Urban Settings: Incentives\, Challenges\, and Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Cities in low- and middle-income countries are experiencing significant expansion. The World Bank estimates that India’s urban population will increase by 40% by 2036\, necessitating an investment of $840 billion in infrastructure over the next five years. Given the urgent challenges related to urban health\, how can low- and middle-income countries ensure access to integrated\, quality\, and affordable health care in line with their goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)? \nThis webinar\, co-hosted by Management Sciences for Health and the Joint Learning Network\, will focus on “Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Urban Settings: Incentives\, Challenges\, and Opportunities.” It will address emerging issues in urban health in India\, Malaysia\, and Bangladesh. The discussion will deliberate on innovative financing strategies for population health in urban areas\, approaches to reducing out-of-pocket expenses\, and how to leverage development finance to achieve equity and efficiency in healthcare delivery. Participants will also be able to engage in a Q&A session during the latter half of the webinar. \nFor more information\, click here. \nRegister Now URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/webinar-achieving-universal-health-coverage-in-urban-settings-incentives-challenges-and-opportunities/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UHC_Webinar.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240607 DTSTAMP:20260420T054420Z CREATED:20260410T084143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T054420Z UID:12680-1717372800-1717718399@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Digital Health Collaborative First Authors’ Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Digital Health Collaborative had its first Authors’ Workshop in Washington\, D.C. from June 3-6\, 2024. The workshop was attended by representatives from Collaborative member countries and special guests from digital health regional networks and organizations\, namely: RECAINSA\, AeHIN\, Africa CDC\, and HELINA. Representatives from Cambodia\, Ghana\, India\, Indonesia\, Malaysia\, Nigeria\, Pakistan\, Senegal\, and Tajikistan attended the workshop in person\, whereas representatives from Ethiopia\, Kenya\, and Ukraine attended parts of the workshop virtually. \nAs a follow up to the Collaborative’s launch meeting\, five workstreams were identified for co-development of knowledge products: 1) A playbook/ how-to guide on all levels of interoperability in health systems\, including Health Information Exchange\, 2) A how-to toolkit for digital health governance\, 3) An annotated inventory of resources\, 4)  A guide on private sector solutions\, and 5) An orientation\, evidence\, and dialogue toolkit on making the case for digital health. The authors’ workshop focused on the first three workstreams. \nWorkshop attendees participated in combined joint and parallel sessions with the objective of identifying key components and country experiences to be compiled and documented for each of the three workstreams. Specifically\, they co-developed outlines for the interoperability and governance workstreams and provided feedback to a demonstration of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) companion for the inventory of resources workstream. Participants then identified the next steps for the remainder of the first year of the collaborative for each of the three workstreams. Upon completion of the workshop\, members participated in offsite learning where they headed to the United States (US) Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS) National Capital Area chapter’s Health Innovation Summit\, which included a digital health innovation marketplace and several talks by US digital health thought leaders. \nThe World Bank provides technical facilitation for this Collaborative in partnership with the Digital Health Exemplars initiative\, including the Center for Global Digital Health Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, eHealth Lab Ethiopia\, the McKinsey Health Institute\, Gates Ventures\, and Exemplars in Global Health. Financial support for the Collaborative is provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Government of Japan. \nParticipants during the authors’ workshop of the Digital Health Collaborative in Washington\, DC URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/digital-health-collaborative-first-authors-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240528 DTSTAMP:20260420T054224Z CREATED:20260410T084143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T054224Z UID:12679-1716768000-1716854399@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:South-South Collaboration: Harnessing Cross-Country Learning for Sustainable Health Policy Reforms DESCRIPTION:On May 27th\, the Joint Learning Network (JLN) took centre stage at a special showcase held on the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Jointly hosted by JLN\, UHC Delivery Lab and Amref Health Africa\, with the support of UHC2030\, the session was a vibrant platform for sharing impactful stories and discussing future collaborations. The event\, attended by over 75 participants in person and 24 virtually\, brought together policymakers\, representatives from civil society organizations\, pharmaceutical companies\, UHC advocacy organizations\, WHO\, the Global Fund\, Cochrane\, and other stakeholders. \nThe focus of the session was on the transformative impact of JLN in countries like Malaysia and Ghana. A representative from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation highlighted the critical value of investing in collaborative platforms like JLN. “South-South collaboration is a powerful tool for driving sustainable health reforms\,” said Dr. Jean Kagubare\, Deputy Director of PHC at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “Our investments show that cross-country learning not only accelerates innovation but also builds stronger\, more resilient health systems. The real win is seeing these collaborations translate into tangible improvements in healthcare delivery and outcomes.” \nDr. Anthony Ofosu\, Deputy Director General of the Ghana Health Service\, shared his experience: “Being part of the Joint Learning Network has been transformative for Ghana’s health system. The cross-country collaboration and knowledge sharing have significantly strengthened our policies\, driving us closer to achieving universal health coverage.” \nDr. Mercy Mwangangi\, Senior Director of Health Systems Strengthening at Amref Health Africa\, emphasized the importance of peer-to-peer learning facilitated by JLN\, SPARC\, and the UHC Lab. “Country pairing and coaching have been instrumental in fostering peer-to-peer learning\, enabling countries to adopt best practices and tailor them to their unique contexts\,” she noted. “Through our innovative learning platforms\, we’ve seen firsthand how adaptive and participatory approaches can effectively address evolving health system challenges\, driving sustainable reforms in LMICs.” \nDinash Aravind from Malaysia’s Ministry of Health also shared insights on JLN’s impact. “JLN has been pivotal for Malaysia’s health system transformation\, enhancing our policies and driving progress towards universal health coverage.” \nDr. Ganda Gregory\, County CEC\, Health – Kisumu County noted that the Ethiopia-Kenya country pairing engagement facilitated by the UHC Delivery Lab had strengthened our Primary Care Networks\, ensuring better health outcomes for our community through shared experiences and emerging lessons. \nThe session highlighted the power of South-South collaboration in building resilient health systems and accelerating innovation\, ultimately contributing to sustainable health reforms and improved healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/south-south-collaboration-harnessing-cross-country-learning-for-sustainable-health-policy-reforms/ LOCATION:International Geneva\, Welcome Centre CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/c1581472-b099-7cdc-c5ca-126f133e4aca.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231109 DTSTAMP:20260416T073624Z CREATED:20260410T084144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T073624Z UID:12678-1699228800-1699487999@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Digital Health Collaborative Launch DESCRIPTION:The JLN’s new Digital Health Collaborative held its first in-person convening in Jakarta\, Indonesia\, from November 8  through 10\, 2023. Member countries of the Digital Health Collaborative are Bahrain\, Bangladesh\, Cambodia\, Ethiopia\, Ghana\, India\, Indonesia\, Kenya\, Malaysia\, Nigeria\, Pakistan\, Philippines\, Tajikistan\, Ukraine\, and Senegal. The key objectives of this inaugural convening of the JLN Digital Health Collaborative included; \n\nlaunching the new Collaborative\,\nscoping and prioritizing the learning agenda with the members of the Collaborative and\ninitiating knowledge co-production by the Collaborative.\n\nThe Collaborative launch was co-located with the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) General Meetings to allow JLN participants to join AeHIN General Meetings (from November 6-8\, 2023). Twenty-nine (29) representatives from 14 out of 15 Collaborative member countries attended the meetings in person. The Digital Health Collaborative Launch meeting was kick-started by a site visit to the headquarters of Indonesia’s Social Health Insurance Agency\, BPJS-Health\, on November 8\, followed by scoping discussions on November 9 and 10. \nThe BPJS-Health site visit commenced with opening remarks from Dr. Ali Ghufron Mukti\, President Director of BPJS-Health\, followed by a presentation by Dr. Donni Hendrawan\, Deputy Director of Data and Information Management. The presentation highlighted key steps in the digital transformation journey at BPJS-Health\, going from a graphical user interface desktop application in the early 2000s to a more robust digital ecosystem. The presentation was followed by a visit to the command center\, where Collaborative members witnessed the different analytical dashboards used by BPJS. These include live data dashboards for problematic equipment at facilities\, claims\, population coverage\, region-level service profile\, and facility and region-level ICD-10 diagnosis rates. BPJS-Health press release featured the JLN site visit\, which attracted comprehensive media coverage.  \nThe two days of the plenary meeting included sessions that covered scoping discussions and prioritization of technical priorities\, a presentation on existing tools relevant to overall technical priorities\, a country panel discussion of promising practices in digital health\, and the next steps for knowledge products for the group. Key knowledge products that were agreed on for co-development by the group include: \n\nA playbook/ how-to guide all levels of interoperability in health systems\, including Health Information Exchange\nA guide on private sector solutions: Public Private Partnerships\nAn orientation\, evidence\, and dialogue toolkit: How to pitch better and listen more\nA how-to toolkit for digital health governance\nAn AI agent (GPT) for an annotated inventory of resources\n\nMember countries will identify the next steps regarding priority knowledge products and relevant next steps in the new year 2024. \nThe World Bank provides technical facilitation for this Collaborative in partnership with the Digital Health Exemplars initiative\, including the Center for Global Digital Health Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, eHealth Lab Ethiopia\, the McKinsey Health Institute\, Gates Ventures\, and Exemplars in Global Health. Financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\, the World Bank’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Umbrella Program\, and the Government of Japan is gratefully acknowledged. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/digital-health-collaborative-launch/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JLN-Indonesia.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201212 DTSTAMP:20260416T073339Z CREATED:20260410T084146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T073339Z UID:12659-1607644800-1607731199@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Celebrating 10 Years of Joint Learning Toward UHC: State Social Health Insurance Schemes in Nigeria – The Journey So Far DESCRIPTION:December 11\, 2020 \nAuthors: JLN Nigeria Country Core Group and the World Bank Nigeria Health team. \nAs part of the JLN@10 celebrations\, the Nigeria sub-national JLN Country Core Group (CCG) and the World Bank Nigeria office\, in collaboration with the forum of CEOs of State Social Health Insurance Schemes (SSHIS) in Nigeria\, hosted a virtual webinar to share and learn from the experience of Nigerian states in implementing health insurance decentralization reforms. The JLN has provided a platform for peer to peer learning amongst policymakers in Nigerian states as they set up their health insurance schemes. Facilitation support for the webinar was provided by the World Bank JLN DRM collaborative technical team. Following opening remarks by the Honourable Minister for State Health\, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora\, panelists shared their experiences in the operationalization\, legislation\, and implementation of the SSHIS and in establishing the Health Equity Fund as well as strategic purchasing at the state level. Forty-two participants discussed practitioner learnings from expanding coverage and the role of the SSHIAs in the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund of the National Health Act of 2014. \nThe Nigeria sub-national Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage is a state-to-state network that connects practitioners and policymakers to enable learning exchange and knowledge co-production in support of health care financing reform\, both across states and between the state and federal levels.  \nIn 2015\, Nigeria became one of the first Joint Learning Network (JLN) countries to establish a Country Core Group (CCG) –  a leadership team comprised of UHC stakeholders in government and partner agencies who identify critical learning needs in Nigeria to achieve UHC and how the JLN can meet those needs. The CCG operates with tripartite joint leadership between the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)\, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)\, and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).  \nAgenda Overview\n\nOpening Remarks — Olorunnimbe Mamora\, Ngozi Azodoh\, Adeniyi Oginni\, Somil Nagpal\nPanel I – The Journey So Far — Nneka Orji\, Ayodeji Ajiboye\, John Onyeokoro\, Agada Zuoboemi\, Ben Nkechika\, Adeniyi Ogini\, Rock\nPanel II – Strategic Purchasing at the State Level – What do we know? — Olumide Okunola\, Nathaniel Otoo\, Ahmed Danfulani\, Aliyu Saidu\, Ben Nkechika\, Adeniyi Ogini\, Agada Zuoboemi\nDiscussions and Way Forward — Nneka Orji\, Ben Nkechika\, Aditi Nigam\nWrap up and Closing Remarks — Ahmed Danfulani\, Olumide Okunola\n\nMore Resources: \nNigeria\, the JLN\, and the Health Financing Technical Initiative \nNigeria JLN Webinar Slides \nThis webinar was part of the celebration of ten years of joint learning toward UHC. More information about the JLN@10 celebration can be found here. URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/celebrating-10-years-of-joint-learning-toward-uhc-state-social-health-insurance-schemes-in-nigeria-the-journey-so-far/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-9.21.03-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201211 DTSTAMP:20260414T051136Z CREATED:20260410T084147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T051136Z UID:12658-1607558400-1607644799@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:Celebrating Ten Years of Joint Learning Towards UHC DESCRIPTION:December 10\, 2020\, 12:30-14:00 UTC \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The vision for a community of country practitioners working side-by-side to strengthen their health systems and make progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) had its humble roots at a World Health Assembly event in May 2009\, when representatives from Ghana\, India\, Thailand\, and Vietnam met to discuss their government-led health financing reform efforts. In February 2010\, this vision became a reality as policymakers and implementers from six countries—Ghana\, India\, Indonesia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Vietnam—came together in Manesar\, India\, to apply the joint learning approach. \nSince then\, the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) has spearheaded its ethos of country-led and country-driven joint learning and mutual problem solving—bringing together policymakers and practitioners from 34 countries to systematically share their knowledge with each other. \nWhile the challenges health systems have faced vary in their prominence over time\, from scarce resources for health to pandemics such as COVID-19\, this Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day) we celebrate the accomplishments and progress made by the JLN over the past ten years and look forward to the next decade of joint learning. \nOn December 10\, 2020\, policymakers and practitioners from JLN countries will join champions and supporters from the JLN’s partner organizations in a retrospective of JLN’s accomplishments and progress. Plan to join us as we retrace the evolution and growth of the network\, the unique features and feats that have made the JLN what it is today\, and the progress JLN members have made toward stronger health systems and universal health coverage. \nAgenda Overview\n\nOpening Remarks — Muhammad Ali Pate\, Adolfo Martínez Valle\, Vio Mitchell\, Masashi Tanabe\nJLN Overview and Event Outline — Feng Zhao\nEvolution and Growth — Stefan Nachuk\, Gina Lagomarsino\, Jerry La Forgia\, Rozita Hussein\nImpact of JLN — Somil Nagpal\, Lydia Selby\, Ajay Tandon\, Cheryl Cashin\, Pandu Harimuti\nForward-looking — Ethan Wong\, Jack Langenbrunner\, Ellen van der Poel\, Isabel Maina\nWrap-up and Closing — Kamiar Khajavi\nClosing Remarks — Feng Zhao\n\n  \nAs part of the JLN@10 celebrations\, the Nigeria sub-national JLN Country Core Group (CCG) and the World Bank Nigeria office\, in collaboration with the forum of CEOs of State Social Health Insurance Schemes (SSHIS) in Nigeria\, hosted a virtual webinar to share and learn from the experience of Nigerian states in implementing health insurance decentralization reforms. 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URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/celebrating-ten-years-of-joint-learning-towards-uhc/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SaveTheDate-final-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200408 DTSTAMP:20260410T084154Z CREATED:20260410T084154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T084154Z UID:12646-1586217600-1586303999@jointlearningnetwork.org SUMMARY:South Korea and the COVID-19 Pandemic DESCRIPTION:Join the SaluDerecho Initiative and the World Bank’s Latin-American and the Caribbean Health\, Nutrition and Population Practice for a webinar discussing South Korea’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. \nExperts from Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health and Yonsei University Hospital will discuss key approaches that South Korea applied and how they impacted the country’s response. \nDiscussants: \n\nMyongsei Sohn\, Chairman of Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment\, Former Executive Committee Member of WHO\, Former President of Asian Pacific Public Schools Association\nJonguk Won\, Dean of Graduate School of Public Health at Yonsei University\, Senior Advisor to National Health Care Planning Board\, Co-Chair of Korean Public Health Schools Association\nHyuk Min Lee\, Professor of Department of laboratory medicine\, College of Medicine at Yonsei University\, Advisor to Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, Advisor to National Hospital Council for COVID-19\nSo Yoon Kim\, Professor of Department of Medical Law &Ethics\, College of Medicine at Yonsei University\, President of Korea Medical Ethics and Law Association\, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Health and Welfare\nHeejin Kim\, Professor of Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion\, Graduate School of Public Health at Yonsei University\, Advisor to Korea Hospital Association\, Vice President of Korea Epidemiology Society\n\nModerator: \n\nProf. John Ryu\, Invited Chair Professor of Graduate School of Public Health at Yonsei University\, Former Commissioner of the International Group at the Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)\n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 7\, 2020 \nTime: 6:30 pm EDT \nMeeting Information:\nLink to the webinar: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=m4ed077c232016d504c71d508615e757d\nMeeting number (access code): 471 158 040\nMeeting password: SDCovid19 \nJoin by phone:\nCall-in toll number (US/Canada): +1-650-479-3207\nGlobal call-in numbers URL:https://jointlearningnetwork.org/event/south-korea-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR