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...Turns out we had that data!
by The Health Economics, Systems and Policies (HESP) journal
...turns out, we had that data!The data existed. It was sitting right there.Someone produced it. Someone chose to publish it. Someone presented it at a conference in a hotel that cost more than the annual health budget of the district the study was about. They had only 10 minutes to do so. And then maybe the policy went in a different direction anyway. And everyone in the room suspected why. But all felt something was missing, but remained silent.This podcast says so out loud....turns out, we had that data is the podcast of Health Economics, Systems and Policies (HESP), the first African-led, bilingual journal built on the premise that the continent that carries the heaviest burden of health financing failure is also the continent most capable of producing the evidence to respond to it. Each episode puts three people in the same room: a researcher who put in the work, a decision-maker who was expected to act on it - or didn't - and a
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Why did we say yes? | Pourquoi avons-nous dit oui?
Episode 1: Why we said yesThe eleven founders of AJHESP answer the one question they were never asked in peer review. Every journal has a founding story. Most of them go untold.In this episode, the eleven founding editors of the African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy sit down — researchers from 10 countries, three continents, and careers spent navigating the structural realities of producing African health economics evidence in a system that was not built for it.Each of them said yes to founding AJHESP. In this episode, they say why.They talk about the paywalls. The peer reviewers who understood the methods but not the context. The Francophone research that existed in full and simply had nowhere to go. The policy recommendations that were rigorous, technically correct, and written for someone else's health system. The career pressures that push researchers toward certain questions and away from others. The funding cycles that shape what gets studied before anyone picks up a pen.They do not all say it the same way. But they converge on the same place: something was missing, and AJHESP is part of the answer. And now there is a podcast too, because a journal is not always enough — some of what needs to be said needs to be heard.This is where it starts. Come in. 2. Description de l'episode 1 Francais · L'episode fondateur Episode 1 : Pourquoi nous avons dit ouiLes onze fondateurs de l'AJHESP repondent a la seule question qu'on ne leur a jamais posee dans l'evaluation par les pairs. Chaque revue a une histoire fondatrice. La plupart restent non dites.Dans cet episode, les onze editeurs fondateurs du Journal Africain d'Economie de la Sante, des Systemes et des Politiques de Sante se retrouvent : des chercheurs de dix pays, trois continents, et des carrieres passees a naviguer dans les realites structurelles de la production de recherche africaine en economie de la sante dans un systeme qui n'a pas ete concu pour eux.Chacun d'eux a dit oui a la creation de l'AJHESP. Dans cet episode, ils expliquent pourquoi.Ils parlent des barrieres tarifaires. Des evaluateurs qui comprenaient les methodes mais pas le contexte. De la recherche francophone qui existait pleinement et n'avait tout simplement nulle part ou aller. Des recommandations politiques rigoureuses, techniquement correctes, et ecrites pour le systeme de sante de quelqu'un d'autre. Des pressions de carriere qui poussent les chercheurs vers certaines questions et les eloignent des autres. Des cycles de financement qui determinent ce qui est etudie avant que quiconque ne prenne la plume.Ils ne le disent pas tous de la meme facon. Mais ils convergent vers le meme endroit : quelque chose manquait, et l'AJHESP en fait partie. Et maintenant, il y a aussi un podcast, parce qu'une revue ne suffit pas toujours : certaines choses qui doivent etre dites ont besoin d'etre entendues.C'est ici que tout commence. Entrez.
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Announcing ourselves!| Roulement de tambours svp!
Africa carries the heaviest burden of health financing failure — yet it may also hold the answers.For decades, the evidence shaping health systems on this continent has been produced elsewhere, framed elsewhere, and sometimes decided elsewhere. The questions asked have reflected the priorities of funders, global institutions, and academic careers. Not always the realities of the people living inside these systems.This is the podcast of the African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy — the first African-led, bilingual journal where health financing, policy, and systems are the primary intellectual agenda. Not an afterthought. Not a geographic subfield. The agenda itself.Each episode brings you researchers, policymakers, and the people in the room when decisions get made — and those deliberately kept out. Who decides what gets studied? What really happens when the evidence says one thing and policy takes another? Are researchers creating knowledge for the systems that need it — or for journals, funders, and careers?From health financing reforms to the long shadows of structural adjustment. From cost-effectiveness thresholds to the politics of what gets counted — and what doesn't.We often say we need more data. But the data may already exist. The question is what we do — or don't do — with it.Grounded in African realities. In English and French.Turns out… we had the data. Join us.FRENCH L'Afrique supporte le plus lourd fardeau de l'échec du financement de la santé — et pourtant, elle détient peut-être aussi les réponses.Depuis des décennies, les données probantes qui façonnent les systèmes de santé sur ce continent ont été produites ailleurs, formulées ailleurs, et parfois décidées ailleurs. Les questions posées ont reflété les priorités des bailleurs de fonds, des institutions mondiales, des carrières académiques. Pas toujours les réalités des personnes qui vivent au sein de ces systèmes.Voici le podcast de l'African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy — la première revue africaine bilingue où le financement de la santé, les politiques et les systèmes constituent le programme intellectuel principal. Pas une réflexion secondaire. Pas un sous-domaine géographique. Le programme lui-même.Chaque épisode réunit des chercheurs, des décideurs, et les personnes présentes lorsque les décisions se prennent — et celles délibérément tenues à l'écart. Qui décide de ce qui est étudié ? Que se passe-t-il quand les données disent une chose et que la politique en prend une autre ? Les chercheurs produisent-ils des connaissances pour les systèmes qui en ont besoin — ou pour les revues, les bailleurs et les carrières ?Des réformes du financement de la santé aux longues ombres de l'ajustement structurel. Des seuils de rentabilité à la politique de ce qui est comptabilisé — et de ce qui ne l'est pas.Nous disons souvent que nous avons besoin de plus de données. Mais elles existent peut-être déjà. La question est de savoir ce que nous en faisons — ou n'en faisons pas.Ancrés dans les réalités africaines. En anglais et en français.Il s'avère… que nous avions les données. Rejoignez-nous.
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...turns out, we had that data!The data existed. It was sitting right there.Someone produced it. Someone chose to publish it. Someone presented it at a conference in a hotel that cost more than the annual health budget of the district the study was about. They had only 10 minutes to do so. And then maybe the policy went in a different direction anyway. And everyone in the room suspected why. But all felt something was missing, but remained silent.This podcast says so out loud....turns out, we had that data is the podcast of Health Economics, Systems and Policies (HESP), the first African-led, bilingual journal built on the premise that the continent that carries the heaviest burden of health financing failure is also the continent most capable of producing the evidence to respond to it. Each episode puts three people in the same room: a researcher who put in the work, a decision-maker who was expected to act on it - or didn't - and a
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