Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes (AIHO)

Last August 17, AIHO organized a simple, chill send-off party to 11 of its colleagues who will soon start their postgraduate education locally and abroad under scholarship.

AIHO's Harvy Joy Liwanag, Ferlie Rose Ann Famaloan, Dr. Katherine Ann Reyes, Reiner Lorenzo Tamayo, together with Lynn Daryl Villamater, Renee Lynn Cabañero-Gasgonia, Annika Frahsa, and Pio Justin Asuncion, published a study on building A Conceptual Framework from the Philippines to Analyse Organisational Capacities for Health Policy and Systems Research. This study developed a self-assessment instrument around these attributes that HPSRIs could use to inform their respective organisational development and collectively discuss their shared challenges. #AIHO #GalingAIHO

Call for Applications! Join AIHO Researchers in Developing A Methods Guide for Preventive and Promotive Health Technologies WE ARE HIRING (1) Project Technical Assistant III (HPSR) (1) Project Technical Assistant III (HTA) The Term of Reference can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/gSWMfci7 Preventive and Promotive Health (PPH) covers “primordial, primary, and secondary interventions delivered at the individual- or population-based level that aims to maintain a healthy general population and to prevent or mitigate the impact of diseases to individuals before the health effects of the disease have occurred.” Health technologies under this category are often described as complex as they involve varying interacting components and multiple outcomes, which are largely influenced by contextual interactions and system-level processes. If interested, send your latest CV and cover letter to hr@aiho.org.ph Subject heading: Application for Project Technical Assistant (HPSR) Application for Project Technical Assistant (HTA) Willing to start immediately The deadline for applications is on July 10, 2024, Wednesday. We will respond to the shortlisted applicants no later than July 15, 2024.

ICYMI: Last May 31, 2024, the Alliance of Improving Health Outcomes Inc. and the Health Promotion Program, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, in collaboration with the Department of Health conducted an online teaching session on strategic communication. The recent webinar sought to enhance the impact of health researcher's work and contribute to evidence-informed policymaking and practice in the country. Additionally, this webinar underscored the commitment to support researchers and practitioners in navigating the complex landscape of health policy and systems research. #AIHO #Health4People

Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes as a training partner of UNILAB Foundation conducted, Project Kaakbay: Kampus Kalusugan - Health Allies Training in Irosin, Sorsogon last May 21-22, 2024. The Health Allies Training is one of the program component or Project Kaakbay that gathered 200 students across Sorsogon Province. The Training aims to capacitate young leaders in health leadership and understanding the Philippine health system as they build a healthier schools. #ProjectKaakbay #KampusKalusugan #AIHO #GalingAIHO

Making health systems work for people! For 11 years, people whose vision is anchored in advocacy and experiences as health practitioners, started to build a movement for healthier Philippines. Now, it's growing bringing change. The commitment continues in be unfolding the beginning of bringing the people from margins to the center. #GalingAIHO #AIHO #Health4People

We are glad to announce that AIHO Partner Kim Sales has been selected as one of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) Fellows for 2024! Supported by AIHO Consultant Lynnell Ong, this Fellowship builds on their 2023 GFBR case study and will dissect ethical considerations in research priority setting processes conducted by AIHO. With expert guidance from Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik (Head, Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, The George Institute for Global Health Australia), her Fellowship project will develop recommendations for better integration of ethics and equity in future research priority setting activities. The GFBR is a platform for exchanging expertise among researchers, policymakers, and ethicists, aiming to amplify LMIC perspectives in global health research ethics debates and promote collaboration. #AIHO #Health4People #GalingAIHO

Reimagining business and management for inclusive health ecosystem. Dr. Harvy Liwanag of Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes, Inc. (AIHO) will join the esteemed list of panelists for a webinar on Health Workforce Heterogeneity in LMICs - Conceptual and Practical Considerations. Dr. Liwanag is a global health specialist with an emphasis on research questions relevant to health systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. His research is focused on interrogating concepts and analyzing mechanisms in health systems to promote better understanding that can influence changes in policy and practice. This webinar will discuss the health workforce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that are deeply heterogeneous, manifesting varying levels of official legitimacy and informality of practice, as well as diverse, overlapping systems of knowledge and variably specialized cadres of providers. To join, register through this link: https://bit.ly/UCL_Webinar #AIHO #Health4People

AIHO IS NOW A DOST-CERTIFIED SCIENCE FOUNDATION! True to its mission to make health systems work for people, Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes, Inc., as a science foundation, will strengthen its undertakings in the development of scientific and technological manpower, research and development, and scientific and technological linkages and services in close collaboration with the DOST and key stakeholders. Let's work together! For more information, visit our page aiho.org.ph or email us through aiho@aiho.org.ph #AIHO #GalingAIHO #Health4People #HealthInnovation

What a way to celebrate International Women’s Day! Breaking the glass ceiling of health leadership made significant strides over the years. In an article of AIHO’s very own Reneepearl Kim Sales, Lynnell Alexie Ong, Pura Angela Wee Co, Katherine Ann Reyes, Martha dela Paz, and Lindsay Orsolino; discussed the challenges of Filipino women leaders in health and how to overcome it. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g9jzBKFE #AIHO #GalingAIHO #Health4People