IDS is an international centre of excellence in multi-disciplinary analysis, teaching, and practice of development based at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK. Its areas of expertise include poverty dynamics, social policy analysis, processes for involving stakeholders, strategies for making health services more accountable to their community; and research methods that combine quantitative and qualitative evaluation of performance of health systems. The organisation has experience working on health and social protection in China, Uganda, and other Asian and African countries, innovative strategies to improve provider performance in China and Bangladesh, and developing analytic frameworks to bring together development and public health approaches to understanding health systems.

Who we work with at IDS

• Dr Gerry Bloom (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)
• Jeff Knezovich, FHS Policy Influence and Research Uptake Manager (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)
• Dr Henry Lucas (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)
• Dr Jeremy Allouche (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)
• Dr Alex Shankland (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)
• Dr Hilary Standing (FHS publications, Profile at IDS)