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2.3 Academic Partnerships and Collaborations
The Academy is working for the MSPH programme in collaboration with various national and international
institutes and bodies in different capacities through formal and informal linkages to achieve its goal.
Currently, HSA is involved in collaborations with the following institutions and universities:
1.
Pakistan Medical and Research Council (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.
2.
Population Council: HSA carries out joint training and research collaborating activities with the
Population Council.
3.
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.
4.
International Universities: HSA is collaborating with various international universities with respect
to its academic programmes and research activities.
Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, USA): A sub-agreement with the Gates Institute in which various teaching,
research, faculty exchange and institutional capacity building activities is in the pipeline.
Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden): Collaboration with Karolinska Institute,
Sweden to develop the doctoral programme in public health is in the pipeline.
University of Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Gadjah Mada University
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia): An
MoU has been signed for training and teaching activities.
Professors visit HSA on regular basis training students on Health Financing etc.
See Annex 3 for details.
