summarize Article focuses on global, national or local level health systems (or the connections between these levels) and/or policymaking and implementation at one or more of these levels. Article explicitly engages with concepts around power, or a closely related construct or synonym, such as hierarchy, authority, domination, influence, control, etc. Article moves beyond an understanding of power as only a contextual factor, and look specifically at how power shapes outcomes or influences actor behaviour in health systems. Articles that engage with power as a determinant of health outcomes (i.e. in the context of social position, rights or macroeconomic structures) should be excluded. Article links understanding of power to theory or frameworks pertaining to power. For specific types of articles: Authors elaborate on the conceptual understanding of power, and relate these concepts specifically to LMICs. Authors present a new or innovative methodological approach that can be used to understand power and health systems in LMICs. Authors apply concepts and methods to empirically investigate power and health systems in LMICs