This podcast brings you closer to the people driving change in health policy and systems research around the globe. In each episode, we explore the experiences of Alliance Alumni making three stops along the way: learning from the past, living in the present, and levelling up for the future. Are you an Alliance alum? You can also join the network on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13112912/).

The Alliance Lift
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This podcast brings you closer to the people driving change in health policy and systems research around the globe. In each episode, we explore the experiences of Alliance Alumni making three stops along the way: learning from the past, living in the present, and levelling up for the future. Are you an Alliance alum? You can also join the network on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13112912/).
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Recent Episodes

May 20, 2026
The Alliance Lift: Dr Shalom Ndoula in conversation with Dr Daniela Rodríguez
<p>The Alliance Lift is a series that spotlights the journeys of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners shaping health systems around the globe. In this Q&A, Daniela Rodriguez of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research speaks with Dr Shalom Ndoula, Country Director of the Expanded Programme on Immunization at Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health. With more than 20 years of experience spanning clinical medicine, district health management and national immunization leadership, Dr Ndoula has played a leading role in some of Cameroon’s major immunization milestones, including the rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine and the efforts that led to the country being declared free of wild poliovirus in 2020.Reflecting on his transition from clinical medicine into public health leadership, Dr Ndoula discusses the importance of adapting evidence-based policy to local realities and the tensions that can emerge between global recommendations, resource constraints and community expectations.Drawing on Cameroon’s experience with embedded implementation research through initiatives such as MAINSTREAM and the Big Catch-up case studies, they also talk about how policy-makers, frontline health workers and researchers can work together to build more responsive immunization systems.</p><p>The interview explores the growing pressures facing immunization programmes globally, the long-term implications of declining health financing and why reaching zero-dose children ultimately means strengthening the relationship between communities and the health system itself.</p>

March 17, 2026
The Alliance Lift: Dr Keith Cloete in conversation with Dr Kumanan Rasanathan
<p>The Alliance Lift is a series that spotlights the journeys of Alliance alumni shaping health systems around the globe. In this episode, Dr Kumanan Rasanathan, Executive Director of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, speaks with Dr Keith Cloete, Head of Health for the Western Cape Government in South Africa.Recorded following the recent Alliance Policy-maker Forum in Cape Town, the conversation reflects on lessons from the Western Cape health system, where policy-makers from around the world explored how leadership, research partnerships and systems thinking shape performance.A physician with more than three decades in public service, Dr Cloete shares how his experiences – from frontline clinical care to system leadership – have shaped his approach to building a learning health system.Together, they discuss relational leadership, system-wide and system-deep approaches and what it takes to lead health systems through crisis and change.</p>

January 26, 2026
The Alliance Lift: Dr Katherine Ann Reyes in conversation with Mr Jeffrey Knezovich
<p>In this episode, Mr Jeffrey Knezovich, host of The Alliance Lift, speaks with Dr Katherine Ann Reyes, based at the University of the Philippines Manila. A physician by training, Dr Reyes works at the intersection of public health, policy and health systems, with a focus on practical policy choices that affect everyday life – from tobacco control and healthy consumption to immunization and stronger promotive and preventive care.</p><p>Jeffrey spoke with Katherine about the experiences that drew her from hospital-based care into prevention and public health, what she learned through the Alliance’s mentorship community and what makes the health policy and systems research ecosystem in the Philippines distinctive – including the role of government investment.</p><p>Dr Reyes also reflects on her Alliance-supported work to improve uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the Philippines. She discusses what it means to approach vaccine uptake as a complex systems issue, why co-creation must be embedded throughout the research process and how careful framing and listening can create space for informed decision-making when vaccination intersects with sensitive issues.</p>
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