An international network for Strengthening Health and Participation

SHAPEin is an international network spanning 11 institutions in 7 countries, dedicated to improving research, policy and practice in strengthening health systems and people's participation.

It is currently funded by a UK ESRC grant "Developing an International Research for Health Network". The original sponsoring institutions are:

                  The University of Sheffield (School of Health and Related Research)

                  The University of Zambia (Department of Ecocomics)

                   The Aga Khan Univeristy (Department of Paediatrics )

                   The University of Ghana (School of Public Health)

 A key ambition of the network is to help inspire and develop early career researchers

Actvities to date have concentrated on sharing ideas, experiences and perspectives and developing a new research framework to take our ideas forward. We are currently working on documentin this experience, and on developing prosposal to take the work forward through particular case studies, PhD proposals, and an overarching bid to synthesise and advance the learning from these particaulr studies.