HLH Newsletter - Novmber 2021

Welcome to the HLH Newsletter!

The HLH is a WHO knowledge platform to share cross-country learning on maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-pandemic recovery. Learn more about us here.

The HLH Newsletter is a place to share up-to-date information on key knowledge products from WHO and the Network of Networks. If you have any queries or wish to contribute, please email us: hlh@who.int.

HIFA and HLH are inviting you to join the 3rd Thematic Discussion on maintaining essential health services. More information as well as the discussion can be found here.

The key findings from the 2nd Thematic Discussion can be found here.

Do you have an innovative approach to share on maintaining essential health services during COVID-19?
Submit your Action Brief!

WHO Initiatives

For those interested in learning more about an organization with similar goals to the Health Services Learning Hub, check out WHO's Partners Platform. 

This week, the Partners Platform launched its new Measles threat portal. Built to support countries’ operational readiness against measles, the Platform’s new functionalities will facilitate funding requests for measles outbreaks, helping countries better monitor intra-border activities, identify resource needs faster, and track the allocation of resources more efficiently.

Those interested can learn more on the Platform's Measles home page. Video tutorials and user guides are currently in development for those users who want a walkthrough of the Platform's new functionalities. For more information, email Xavier Richer Vis.

WHO Global Learning Laboratory for Quality UHC - Open Call for Action Briefs

The WHO Global Learning Laboratory (GLL) for Quality Universal Health Coverage is embarking on a learning journey. This learning journey will explore the important lessons learned throughout the world as health systems have endeavored to maintain the provision of quality essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The overarching aim of this work is to collate, share and learn from the experiences of those working throughout different levels of health systems on quality and COVID-19. These experiences will be shared as GLL Action Briefs and form a critical component of this learning journey, which also encompasses deeper examinations of this topic in some participating countries.

If you work with a national quality directorate, sub-national/district health team or a facility-level quality improvement team in your country and would like to document and share your experience as part of this learning journey, we want to hear from you!
Email the GLL team by 17 December 2021 for more information.

HLH Network of Networks

The 44th World Hospital Congress in Barcelona (8th-11th November) was dominated by sessions focusing on building resilience and agility in global healthcare as it recovers from COVID-19.

In a programme featuring over 70 sessions and more than 300 speakers, the topic of COVID-19 was discussed in a variety of contexts, such as: women in leadership; getting ready for the next global pandemic; accelerating research, development and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine; nursing leadership in transforming healthcare during a worldwide pandemic; harnessing innovations to build back better; and humanizing technology for smart healthcare delivery.
Over 1,500 participants (in-person and virtual) joined the Congress and have access to all session recordings until Friday 3 December. If you could not attend the event, you can still purchase access to the recordings to catch up on what you missed.

ISQua Virtual Event - ‘Global Healthcare Emergencies’ – Tuesday, 23rd November 2021

ISQua recognises the pivotal need of exchanges of experiences, ideas and challenges of industry leaders in addressing healthcare emergencies which is why we are hosting this virtual event. ISQua have invited back two of their keynote speakers from the ISQua 2021 Virtual Conference, Dr Frances Mortimer and Prof Pascale Carayon, to speak on the challenges for industry leaders to address healthcare emergencies.

Dr Frances Mortimer will present on Climate Emergencies – Role of the Health Sector from 09:30 - 12:00 GMT

Prof Pascale Carayon will present on the Challenges and Opportunities for the SEIPS Model from 15:00 - 17:30 GMT

You can find out more here. Registration is now open and the fee starts from €25 for each event or €40 for both - register here.

ISQua’s 38th International Conference – Brisbane, Australia – 17th to 20th October 2022 – Call for Papers

Together with our partner, the Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL), ISQua is delighted to host our 38th International Conference in Brisbane, Australia.

Once a year ISQua brings together over 1,500 key decision-makers from over 80 countries to share their expertise and knowledge in health care quality and safety improvement. The theme for our 2022 conference is 'Designing for the Future - Community, Resilience, and Sustainability'.

Our call for papers is now open and you are invited to submit a paper on this topic or on one of our sub-themes. The overarching aspects of quality and safety that we are specifically interested in, and which run across our eight sub-themes include, but are not limited to, Co-Design, COVID-19 and Lessons Learned, and Clinical Governance as they pertain to ISQua’s Mission “to inspire and drive improvement in health, and the safety and quality of healthcare worldwide."

We also have a genuine interest in seeking submissions from Low- and Middle-Income settings. For more information, please visit our website.

THET’s community platform, Pulse, now available in a mobile app

THET is delighted to launch the Pulse app, supporting mobile access to a global community that enables health professionals across the world to connect, create and collaborate. Pulse helps to create a world where health professionals are empowered to grow and lead health systems strengthening worldwide by supporting, motivating and equipping the global health workforce to delivery quality healthcare.

Available on both Apple and Android devices via the App store.

UHC Day Event: HEAL | Together for UHC ,10th Dec 2021, 09:30-12:00 (GMT)

Join THET, Action for Global Health and Students for Global Health ahead of UHC Day as they come together to call for Health Equity for All. With contributions from global experts in health, we will explore the myriad ways we can respond to the long-ignored risks and inequities COVID-19 has exposed. From inadequate health systems to gaps in social protection and structural inequalities, join the world in the UHC Day 2021 campaign to Leave No One’s Health Behind. Register for free here.