This 4-page overview summarises Chepsaa activities since 2011 and looks at capacity development plans for the future. It was designed for the marketplace stands of the 2nd Global Symposium on health systems research taking place in Beijing China  from 31 October to 3 November 2012.

CHEPSAA convened a pre-conference workshop at the Joint conference of the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) and the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa (RuDASA) conference in Bloemfontein, South Africa during September 2012.

The workshop aimed to begin building a community of practice for Health Policy and Systems Research & Analysis (HPSR+A) in South Africa.

A workshop was convened during August 2012 at the University of Ghana’s School of Public Health to share knowledge, skills and materials about curriculum development (these skills were gained from another CHEPSAA workshop held earlier in the year in Cape Town).

The Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA) recently had the opportunity to brief colleagues in Tanzania about its work and to exchange ideas on topics as varied as building the field of Health Policy and Systems Research and Analysis (HPSR+A) in Africa, curriculum development and experiences with seeking to get research into policy and practice (GRIPP).