ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
The COPASAH Global Symposium (CoPGS) 2019 on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health was organised by Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH). The COPGS 2019 aimed to strengthen the solidarity within the community of practitioners, facilitate conversations between practitioners and other key actors like researchers and development agencies and overall stimulate learning which is driven from practice in the field. (For the note on GS structure, please click here)
The theme of the COPGS 2019 was Leaving No One Behind: Strengthening Community Centred Health Systems for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The Symposium was organised between 15-18 October 2019 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi – India. It brought together 500 delegates from diverse social – cultural contexts including COPASAH members from Latin America, Eastern Europe, Sub Saharan African, Eastern and Southern Asia along with researchers, programme managers, donors and policy makers in the field of public health governance. (For the note on GS objectives outcomes, please click here)
The Symposium was organised by COPASAH in collaboration with several global and Indian partners including the People's Health Movement, Azim Premji University – Bengaluru (India), Accountability Research Centre – American University - Washington DC (USA), Institute of Development Studies – Sussex (UK), Global Health Justice and Governance Programme – Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University New York (USA).
The theme of the COPGS 2019 was Leaving No One Behind: Strengthening Community Centred Health Systems for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The Symposium was organised between 15-18 October 2019 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi – India. It brought together 500 delegates from diverse social – cultural contexts including COPASAH members from Latin America, Eastern Europe, Sub Saharan African, Eastern and Southern Asia along with researchers, programme managers, donors and policy makers in the field of public health governance. (For the note on GS objectives outcomes, please click here)
The Symposium was organised by COPASAH in collaboration with several global and Indian partners including the People's Health Movement, Azim Premji University – Bengaluru (India), Accountability Research Centre – American University - Washington DC (USA), Institute of Development Studies – Sussex (UK), Global Health Justice and Governance Programme – Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University New York (USA).