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Thematic Working Groups (TWGs)
Emerging Voices
Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) is a network of young and emerging health-systems researchers, leaders, health activists and/or other change agents, with emphasis on those living and working in the global south. EV4GH catalyzes, empowers and connects diverse voices with the capabilities and drive to challenge and address current and future health systems and policy issues at all levels with an equity lens.
EV4GH’s flagship activity is the bi-annual venture, linked to the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, encompassing an innovative programme of blended learning and peer support with exposure to the global health systems community. After the symposium, EV4GH also provides the space for collaboration and continued contribution in the EV4GH alumni-led network. EV4GH as a Thematic Working Group (TWG) comprises both EV alumni members who underwent the flagship training programme and other young health system researchers, policymakers, health activists and/or other change agents who want to join the TWG.
Over time, the program has grown to include participants from all WHO regions and set up partnerships with institutions from different countries. A Secretariat, currently hosted by the BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (BRAC JPGSPH), Bangladesh but in transition, supports the network and programme. Since 2010, the ninth editions of EV4GH have been linked to a global health event, mainly the Global Symposia on Health Systems Research. The EV4GH network comprises over 363 EV Alumni from nearly 80 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.
- Organizing an annual workshop to provide intensive training and mentorship for Emerging Voices participants, covering topics such as research methodology, scientific writing, presentation skills, and advocacy.
- Facilitating the formation of alumni networks to support continued learning, collaboration, and advocacy among Emerging Voices participants and graduates.
- Engaging with policymakers, funders, and other stakeholders to advocate for greater investment in research and capacity building in the Global South, and to ensure that the voices and perspectives of those most affected by health inequities are heard and acted upon.
- Providing travel scholarships and conference fees for participants to attend the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research and other international conferences, allowing them to present their research and connect with potential collaborators and mentors.
- Contributing to policy and research agendas by publishing opinion pieces, research articles, and policy briefs on topics related to global health and health systems strengthening.
The EV4GH TWG activities include:
- The flagship EV4GH blended learning training program, leading up to a pre-conference just before the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
- Organizing EV4GH TWG events during and after the symposium – such as business lunches, organized sessions, webinars, young researcher workshops and Google Group discussions, among others
- The EV4GH alumni publish on a regular basis, both as part of their own Ph.D’s and contributing to global health and HPSR blogs, including the International Health Policies and BMJ blogs
- EV4GH helps EV alumni to find their place in the broader HSG community: several EV4GH alumni have taken up key roles in other HSG TWGs in recent years.
Events
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Cesar Vargas
Region of Americas Representative
Germán Andrés Alarcón Garavito
Global representative
Zahra Zeinali
Steering committee member
Fadima Inna Kamina YAYA BOCOUM
Francophone Africa representative
Nandini D P Sarkar
Post doctoral researcher, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Bachera Aktar
Chair, South-East Asia Region Representative
Fatuma Guleid
PhD fellow, KMERI-Wellcoem Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Soe Yu Naing
PhD Researcher, Project Manager, ITM Antwerp, Belgium, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Alberto Jr Ong
GB member representing the Western Pacific Region
News and posts
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Our 10 year anniversary
Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) celebrates its 10th anniversary. Here is a glimpse at the past decade. Six ventures of EV4Gh have been successfully conducted so far.
- There are not any webinars currently.
- Together we move a mountain”: celebrating a decade of the Emerging Voices for Global Health network
- Some Labour Day ruminations on “Work”
- Planetary Health is a Movement now: Reflections from the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting
- “Critically Examining Decolonization: The Field of Global Health”: some conference reflections
- Towards post-pandemic protest preparedness
- Delhi Dispatch: Zooming into rooms
