Learning to strengthen health system in Bihar
This learning grant supports to develop new strategies and approaches for strengthening the public health system to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Priya Das has more than 15 years’ experience of working on policy and research in the development sector in India. Her areas of expertise include women and girls empowerment, gender-based violence, qualitative and action-research, training and capacity development, strategic thinking and planning. Priya has a PhD in Social Anthropology from SOAS.
This learning grant supports to develop new strategies and approaches for strengthening the public health system to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Two billion of the world’s poorest people live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. This figure is rising, fuelled by growing inequality, violence, conflicts and other shocks. In these fragile and shock-prone areas, progress towards Universal Health Coverage is slow.
The project is aimed at enabling health systems to be more gender equitable and responsive and supports action towards gender integration in health systems in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with a focus on healthcare providers.
Based on a recent study on gender and health systems strengthening, our experts reflect on gender inequities faced by the female healthcare workforce and how it resonates with challenges faced by women across sectors globally.