Health Systems are Human Systems

Health systems are complex, dynamic, and constantly changing. But people are the heart of every system. Building effective, people-centered health systems depends on everyone understanding how their work contributes to the whole. In this episode, Lea Ayers LaFave, senior technical consultant; Alton Mpungu, senior technical advisor for World Education’s Bantwana Portfolio and co-director of JSI's Center for Capacity Strengthening; and Jessica Posner, co-director of the HIV and Infectious Disease Center and lead for JSI’s person-centered care work, discuss the interconnected relationships behind every health system and why understanding them is essential to working toward more equitable health care.

JSI integrates person-centered care into responses to infectious diseases, strengthening global health security agendas and improving care quality and health outcomes. Learn more about JSI’s person-centered care work, including resources and tools.

JSI developed the Whole System Prevention Framework to help organizations, governments, and communities understand how they fit into the larger system of care and where they can take action to change it.

JSI’s Center for Capacity Development works to understand and support local systems and organizational culture t. 

JSI is a global nonprofit dedicated to improving lives around the world through greater health, education, and socioeconomic equity for individuals and communities. For more information, see www.jsi.com.  

Theme music by baegel, courtesy of Epidemic Sound.