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...Turns out we had that data!

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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 an editor of HESP whose job is to make sure neither of them gets away with the comfortable version of polite events. and also that they have ample time to do so.

No prepared statements. No panel-ready answers. No polite agreement to disagree.

The questions this podcast asks are the ones that don't make it into the abstract:

  • Why was this research question chosen
  • Who decided the other questions weren't worth asking?
  • What went wrong for the evidence to point one way and the policy to go another?
  • Are researchers producing knowledge for the systems that need it - or for the journals, the funders, and the careers that reward a different kind of output?

This is not a show about publishing papers. It is about what evidence costs to produce in Africa, who controls which questions get asked, and what happens -or doesn't - once that evidence finally enters the world.

From health financing reform to structural adjustment's long shadow, from cost-effectiveness thresholds to the politics of what gets counted, the conversations go where most academic discourse and policy decisions can't reach.

Grounded in African realities. Spoken in English and French. Uncomfortable by design.

Episodes run 45 to 60 minutes. Unscripted. Because if the conversation needs a script, then you probably are in the wrong conversation and need to change channel.

If the data was never the problem, then what is the issue?

Join us to engage further!

The HESP Editorial team

2026 The Health Economics, Systems and Policies (HESP) journal
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  • Announcing ourselves!| Roulement de tambours svp!
    Apr 21 2026

    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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