Annex 3: Collaborating Partners
Introduction
The Academy is working in collaboration with various national and international institutes and bodies in
different capacities through formal and informal linkages to achieve its goal.
Policy Level Collaborations
1.
Ministry of Health: HSA achieves its mandate of formulation of policy and advice in collaboration
with MoH in the fields of environmental health, occupational health, accidents and injuries and
capacity building of key stakeholders for policy formulation and analysis. HSA also addresses MoH’s
emerging needs as in the case of avian flue outbreak and earthquake response’ policy decisions at
national and provincial levels.
National Health Policy Unit: HSA is in the process of developing a series of short courses in
collaboration with the World Bank Institute under the auspices of National Health Policy Unit and
MoH.
2.
Health Policy Forum: HSA is currently a member of Health Policy Forum and contributes by giving
advice on policy formulation.
3.
Health Systems Research and Reform Unit: The HSRRU is being finalized with the NWFP.
Academic Collaborations
5.
PMRC: Collaboration in Research on Health Systems reforms which involves curriculum development
for the teaching and training of the district managers through out the country.
6.
Population Council: HSA carries out joint training and research collaborating activities with the
Population Council.
7.
Aga Khan University: HSA faculty is on the list of examiners for the AKU and vice versa. The
faculty members of AKU are on board of studies of HSA as well.
8.
Provincial Public Health Institutes: HSA collaborates with the following provincial public health
institutions:
Provincial Health Services Academy (Peshawar, NWFP): As envisaged HSA is the
technical backstopping partner for the Provincial Health Services Academy (PHSA) in NWFP, and
advises this institute on syllabi development and institutional development.
Institute of Public Health (Lahore, Punjab): HSA is similarly a collaborator with the
Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Lahore.
