About the Authors: E. Premdas Pinto works as the Advocacy and Research Director at Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), India. He is facilitating the thematic area of community action for health rights with a special focus on processes of community monitoring and accountability. Dr Bharti Prabhakar works as Programme Officer in Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), India. Surekha Dhaleta works as Programme Officer in the Community Action for Health Rights (CAHR) team of CHSJ
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Title:Building people-centred health systems through the social empowerment of marginalized populations: Moving from theory to practice (Paper Number 565.00) Presentation type: Participatory session Field-building dimension:Original experience of learning communities and knowledge translation platforms engaged in strengthening health systems. Contributors: All the contributors above are members of the Community of Practice in Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) and also members of the participatory research cluster within the SHAPES group at Health Systems Global. - Chair: Edward Premdas Pinto - Contributor Africa: Geoffrey Oppio - Contributor Asia: RenucKhanna - Contributor Latin America: Walter Flores - Fish bowl moderator: Barbara Kaim
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