How do patient mobility & migration affect health systems in South Africa
How do patient mobility and migration affect health systems and outcomes - evidence from research in South Africa
This seminar will present findings from a health systems research grant focused on understanding how patient mobility affects health systems and in turn health outcomes, with a specific emphasis on maternal and child health. It presents initial findings and framework development from mixed-methods research undertaken in South Africa during 2015/16. Key themes explored are how to measure impact of health systems changes on health outcomes, and how migration more widely relates to health systems.
Jo Vearey holds a PhD in public health and is an Associate Professor at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand. With a commitment to social justice, Jo's research explores - and aims to improve responses to - migration and health in Southern Africa. Jo is a recipient of a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, and is involved in a range of international partnerships including with the VU University, Amsterdam; University of Massachusetts, Boston; the University of Edinburgh; and, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Johanna Hanefeld is Senior Lecturer Health Policy and Systems and Head of the anthropology, politics and policy group in the Department of Global Health and Development at LSHTM. A policy analyst her research focuses on global health governance and on health systems in low and middle-income countries. Over the past three years she has focused on trade in health services and how movement of people (and patients) affects health systems.
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