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# Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/alliance-for-health-policy-and-systems-research/
- Published: 1999-01-02T09:43:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-19T21:28:12.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)** is an international health policy partnership based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is hosted by the [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization) (WHO).[\[1\]](#fn1)

## History

AHPSR co-sponsored the [Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Second-Global-Symposium-on-Health-Systems-Research) in November 2012 in Beijing, China.[\[2\]](#fn2)

## Organization

AHPSR is listed as a “related initiative” of [UHC2030](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/UHC2030).[\[3\]](#fn3)

### Personnel

| Name                                                                             | Position                                                                                                                                                                            | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| John Lavis                                                                       | Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee member (November 2005 - October 2011); Working Group on Health Systems Evidence Synthesis member (April 2010 - March 2016)[\[4\]](#fn4) | Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, [COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-making](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Evidence-Network-to-Support-Decision-making) (COVID-END), Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges |
| [Michael Kent Ranson](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Michael-Kent-Ranson) | \-[\[5\]](#fn5)                                                                                                                                                                     | [Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gavi-the-Vaccine-Alliance)                                                                                                                                                                         |

### Funding

AHPSR is funded by:[\[6\]](#fn6)

- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-Melinda-Gates-Foundation)
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- [Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gavi-the-Vaccine-Alliance)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
- South African Medical Research Council (SAMRA)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
- UNICEF
- [United Nations Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-Nations-Foundation) (UNF)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Wellcome Trust

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=alliance%5Ffor%5Fhealth%5Fpolicy%5Fand%5Fsystems%5Fresearch)
- [Website](https://ahpsr.who.int/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%5Ffor%5FHealth%5FPolicy%5Fand%5FSystems%5FResearch)

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1. *About us.* Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. Retrieved September 1, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220901034233/https://ahpsr.who.int/about-us> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Financial contributors.* (2016, August 18). Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. <http://archive.today/2016.08.18-053752/http://healthsystemsresearch.org/hsr2012/index.php?option=com%5Fcontent&view=article&id=133&Itemid=212> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Health systems related initiatives.* (2022). UHC2030\. <https://www.uhc2030.org/what-we-do/knowledge-and-networks/health-systems-related-initiatives/> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *John Lavis CV.* (2022, March 28). McMaster Health Forum. <https://web.archive.org/web/20221207165207/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. Sheikh, K., Ranson, M. K., & Gilson, L. (2014). Explorations on people centredness in health systems. *Health Policy and Planning, 29*(suppl 2), ii1–ii5\. <https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czu082> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Funders.* Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. Retrieved May 12, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220512032450/https://ahpsr.who.int/about-us/funders> [↩︎](#fnref6)