The India Health Systems Collaborative is a growing network of health systems researchers in India and beyond. It is an integrated ecosystem of researchers that work in close collaboration with decision makers. Founded in late 2018, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the collaborative was built with the dual purpose of responding to policy questions that are critical to India’s health system and fostering a well-connected community of health system researchers in the country. It is one of the few health systems research consortia in the country.

Through its key areas of work namely Collaborative Research,Capacity Building, and Engagement with Policymakers, IHSC focuses on generating and using scientific evidence towards strengthening the Indian health system. Some of the most premier educational institutes working on health systems research in the country are members of the collaborative. In addition to research, IHSC puts equal focus on building technical capacity of researchers and promoting engagement between the researchers and decision makers.

The India Health Systems Collaborative is a growing network of health systems researchers in India and beyond. It is an integrated ecosystem of researchers that work in close collaboration with decision makers. Founded in late 2018, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the collaborative was built with the dual purpose of responding to policy questions that are critical to India’s health system and fostering a well-connected community of health system researchers in the country. It is one of the few health systems research consortia in the country.

Through its key areas of work namely Collaborative Research,Capacity Building, and Engagement with Policymakers, IHSC focuses on generating and using scientific evidence towards strengthening the Indian health system. Some of the most premier educational institutes working on health systems research in the country are members of the collaborative. In addition to research, IHSC puts equal focus on building technical capacity of researchers and promoting engagement between the researchers and decision makers.

Strengthen India’s health system through
collaborative research.

Strengthen India’s health system through
collaborative research.

Build and provide an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative research to generate evidence for policy interventions on challenges confronting the country’s health system within the national and global context and to strengthen capacity for health systems research.

Build and provide an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative research to generate evidence for policy interventions on challenges confronting the country’s health system within the national and global context and to strengthen capacity for health systems research.

Health systems research in India has been growing slowly, reflected through the limited number of publications in peer reviewed journals and its modest impact on health policies thus far. This is mainly attributed to the following factors.

Health systems research in India has been growing slowly, reflected through the limited number of publications in peer reviewed journals and its modest impact on health policies thus far. This is mainly attributed to the following factors.