Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Framing the Questions

Abstract

Following the First Global Symposium
\non Health Systems Research in
\nMontreux in November 2010, PLoS
\nMedicine commissioned three articles
\non the state-of-the-art in Health
\nPolicy and Systems Research (HPSR).
\nThree Policy Forum articles, authored
\nby a diverse group of global
\nhealth academics, critically examine
\nthe current challenges to the field
\nand lay out what is needed to build
\ncapacity in HPSR and support local
\npolicy development and health systems
\nstrengthening, especially in
\nlow- and middle-income countries.