> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/second-global-symposium-on-health-systems-research/ - Published: 1999-01-02T23:53:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-19T21:53:02.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #event The **Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research** was an event that took place in November 2012 in Beijing, China.[\[1\]](#fn1) It was preceded by 2010's First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Switzerland and succeeded by 2014's Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in South Africa. ## Sponsors The symposium was sponsored by:[\[2\]](#fn2) - Abt Associates - [Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Health-Policy-and-Systems-Research) - Brazilian Ministry of Health - *British Medical Journal* (*BMJ*) - China Medical Board - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - Global Health Research Initiative - International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Management Sciences for Health - Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) - Novartis - Open Society Foundations - Results for Development Institute - Rockefeller Foundation - Sightsavers - Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation - Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Wellcome Trust - [World Bank](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Bank) --- 1. Milko, E., Wu, D., Neves, J., Neubecker, A. W., Lavis, J., & Ranson, M. K. (2014). Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: a conference impact evaluation. *Health Policy and Planning, 30*(5), 612–623\. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Financial contributors.* (2016, August 18). Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. [↩︎](#fnref2)