Members of the Centre attended and presented at the Health Systems Conference in Liverpool in October. The focus was on advancing health systems for all in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) era. The Centre produced a conference the map to highlight key sessions on quantifying impact, understanding implementation and evidence synthesis. The map includes session from different organisation and across different health topics.

We pick out some key publications from the week:

• Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research’s new methods guide for synthesizing evidence from health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support health policy-making and health systems strengthening.
• Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research’s health policy analysis reader: The politics of policy change in low- and middle-income countries.
• Perez MC (2018) Comparison of registered and published intervention fidelity assessment in cluster randomised trials of public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review.
• Rowe A K (2018) Effectiveness of strategies to improve health-care provider practices in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review
• Theobald S (2018) Implementation research: new imperatives and opportunities in global health.
• The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG era.
• USAID Developmental Evaluations