AHEAD Newsletter #5 2022
European Health Management Association (EHMA) Conference 2022: sharing our findings on identifying medical deserts
On June 15-17th, AHEAD attended the European Health Management Associaton’s (EHMA) annual conference in Brussels. Titled ‘From people to systems: leadership for a sustainable future’, the conference focused on exploring challenges and solutions for creating sustainable health systems and ways health managers can lead towards them. On June 17th, Mirela Mustata (from our AHEAD partner organisation CHPS) presented our literature findings on identifying medical deserts in Europe during an engaging abstract session.
Aysel Rahimli (AHEAD programme coordinator): ‘’It was fantastic to participate (in our first) in-person conference. We are proud to have our Romanian colleague Mirela represent us and present our preliminary version of the working definition of medical deserts, paving the way for a standardised approach to identifying and monitoring medical deserts in Europe. It was inspiring to hear about the research of other organisations and consortia that are working on similar issues on access to medical services, addressing health workforce shortages and retention, and improving health outcomes of marginalised and vulnerable populations, often in remote and rural areas.
We also were happy to have finally met several colleagues with whom we had only had online interactions during previous months. Returning to some in-person normality is a positive step towards successful collaborations and planning sustainability of our projects. It was also great to see other colleagues that are part of the EU Health Workforce Projects Cluster and the EU Health Policy Platform!‘’
Upcoming webinar… AHEAD!
We are organizing the next AHEAD webinar behind the scenes. We look forward to sharing our country findings with you during this exciting session. Stay tuned for the full programme, speakers and date!
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Countries can address access to health inequalities in the population by improving health worker retention and task-shifting policies. So, what should these policies look like? On March 29th, the five projects of the Health Workforce Projects Cluster on the EU Health Policy Platform – including AHEAD – presented the first results of their research during their second webinar on ‘Fighting access to health inequalities by improving health worker retention and task shifting policies’.
On June 15-17, 2022, the European Health Management Association’s (EHMA) Annual Conference 2022 – with the theme ‘From people to systems: leadership for a sustainable future’ – will take place in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will bring together key healthcare stakeholders providing the latest evidence on ways to transform health systems. The conference provides opportunities for health managers and health professionals to have their voices heard, to connect with decision-makers, and inform policymaking at the European level.
Our first year has been exciting, with many activities and developments which should lay a solid foundation for our project. For example, based on the contexts of the countries AHEAD focuses on, we have been working on a multidimensional definition of medical deserts, conducting qualitative research with stakeholders and collecting quantitative data. In our second year (starting in April 2022), we will implement our draft consensus-building methodology, and design policy options for policy makers to possibly implement in their countries.
