GOVERNANCE OF HEALTH SYSTEM. RESEARCH QUESTION. No 1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the most effective strategies for integrating primary health care services in order to improve the delivery and health outcomes? 2 What would be the most appropriate strategies to maximize the extension of health coverage to improve the health of populations, particularly of individuals in poverty? 3 What should be the indicators to assess the progress of health systems to universal coverage? 4 What would be the strategies to strengthen social capital for the benefit of the health system (such as informal relationships of trust and cooperation, formal associativity in various types of organizations and the regulary institutional framework and value of a society that promotes or inhibits the relationships of trust and civic engagement)? 5 What information systems are required and how should they be integrated for proper governance in universal health care systems? 6 7 8 9 10 How should the legal and regulatory frameworks for the provision of services in countries with universal health care be designed? What type of data is necessary for human resources for health planning and how can a program to capture them be developed? What governance strategies ensure equality of access and provision of services in a system of universal coverage, under the criteria of equity? What kind of financial planning should be implemented to ensure adequate governance of the health system in your country? How should the planning and implementation of primary health care programs in conjunction with social programs in the health system be? 11 What are the most appropriate strategies to strengthen the relationship between the national, local, federal government for decision-making in the health system? 12 What would be the most effective strategies for engaging the community, consumers and health professionals, to strengthen governance in health systems based on primary health care? 13 What should be the legal and regulatory frameworks for the provision of services in countries with universal health coverage? 14 How should corruption be approached to ensure good governance in the health system? 15 What would be the financial reforms that ensure the best provision of equitable and cost-effective services in the context of universal health coverage?