A Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health – The idea for this Reader emerged from the need for guidance on and examples of excellent and innovative Human Resources for Health (HRH) research, embracing health workers as creative and dynamic agents who work alongside patients, community members, managers and policy-makers to address contemporary health system complexities. The Reader promotes greater understanding of the varied health policy and systems research approaches that can be applied to HRH and provides resources that can be used for teaching and capacity development on HRH for researchers and practitioners alike. The Reader was launched on 15 November 2017, at the Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Dublin.