GIC Forum on Health and Social Protection

Universal Health Coverage: From Promise to Practice

August 2627, 2013 Gustav-Stresemann-Institute, Bonn, Germany
http://health.bmz.de/en/events/GIC-Forum-UHC forum-uhc@giz.de

Programme Overview
Monday, August 26th 2013
Moderators of the Forum: Conny Czymoch, Dougal Thomson

08:00 09:00 09:00 10:30

Registration (Entrance Hall) Welcome Address: Reinhard Tittel-Gronefeld, Head of Division Health and Population Policies, BMZ. Introduction to the Conference: Karin Kortmann, Deputy Director General, Sectoral Department, GIZ. Keynote Speeches: UHC: Dreams and Reality, David Evans, Director of the Department of Health Systems Financing, WHO. The Politics of UHC, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, Presidential Adviser on Health and Population, Ministry of Health, Uganda. (Plenary Hall: S29-32)

10:30 11:00 11:00 12:30

Coffee Break Panel Discussion: What approaches have worked to attain universality of coverage? (Plenary Hall: S29-32) The panel discussion will address the challenges and opportunities for change and sustainable progress towards UHC. How can we now move from rhetoric to reality and translate the concept of UHC and its growing political acceptance into concrete actions? The panel will debate how to move towards a common understanding and language, clear up some myths and misconceptions and reflect on the bigger picture and global trends. David Evans, Director of the Department of Health Systems Financing, WHO. Tim Evans, Director, Health Nutrition & Population, Human Development Network, The World Bank. Frazer Goodwin, Senior Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children, EU Office. Walter Seidel, Head of Health Sector, EuropeAid, European Commission. Hasbullah Thabrany, Professor of Health Policy and Insurance, Universitas Indonesia. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, Presidential Adviser on Health and Population, Ministry of Health, Uganda.

12:30 13:30

Lunch Break

Overarching Workshop Themes Theme I Theme II Theme III Overcoming challenges and bottlenecks on the way to financial risk protection Aligning health systems to deliver UHC Cross-cutting issues

ROOM S34/S35 13:30 15:30 Workshops Session 1

THEME I

ROOM S5

ROOM S25/S26

THEME II

THEME III

Which ways lead to UHC: variety and patterns Joe Kutzin WHO, Switzerland Kanha Sok MoH, Cambodia Adelio Fernandes GIZ, Cambodia Nishant Jain GIZ, India Hasbullah Thabrany University Indonesia, Indonesia Julia Fimpel KfW, Kenya Franziska Frst GIZ, Nepal Michael Thiede GIZ, South Africa 15:30 16:00 16:00 18:00 Coffee Break Workshops Session 2
THEME I

Providing a continuum of care for all population groups Alexandre Cote International Disability Alliance, France Michael Palmer The Nossal Institute for Global Health, Australia

The role of strategic purchasing and provider payment Sren Eichhorst KPMG, Germany Christine Thayer Health For Development Ltd, France Byambasaikhan Purevsuren GIZ, Mongolia

THEME II

THEME III

Under shock: UHC during financial crisis Alvaro Salas Chaves Costa Rica Social Security Fund, Costa Rica Walaiporn Patcharanarumol Ministry of Health, Thailand Elena Andradas Ministry of Health Social, Services and Equality, Spain

Ensuring effective coverage: the role of quality management and accreditation Jamal Nasher Ministry of Public Health, Yemen Sylvia Sax University of Heidelberg, Germany Christian Thomeczek German Agency for Quality in Medicine, Germany Stuart Whittaker Director of the Council for Health Services Accreditation, South Africa

South-South Cooperation for UHC Nathaniel Otoo NHIA, Ghana Kelvin Hui GIZ, Bangladesh Arturo Alcantara PhilHealth, Philippines Rumana Huque University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Javaid Abbas Benzair Income Support Programme, Pakistan Nishant Jain GIZ, India

18:00 18:30 19:00 00:00

Market place: Poster presentation and discussion Evening reception Special performance: Kammerktzchen Dinner Music: DJ "Taxi MunDJal MusiX"

Tuesday, August 27th 2013

08:15 09:00 Morning plenary (S29-32): Can vouchers help achieve universal health coverage?: Ben Bellows, Population Council, Kenya ROOM S34/S35 09:00 11:00 Workshops Session 3
THEME III THEME II THEME III

ROOM S5

ROOM S25/S26

Paying for the pills: the role of pharmaceuticals in UHC Anita Wagner Harvard Medical School, USA Fachriah Syamsuddin Ministry of Health, Indonesia Wilhelm Volk 1A Pharma, Germany Franois Bompart Sanofi, France

UHC in the shadow of the human resource crisis: Who will actually deliver the services? Barbara McPake Queen Margaret University, UK Birgit Wendling BMZ, Germany Yasmin Amarsi The Aga Khan University, Kenya Bich Luu Nguyen Vietnam Nurses Association, Vietnam Heino Gllemann Terre des Hommes, Germany Facilitator: Dougal Thomson The Economist, Switzerland

Health and health systems research for UHC Wim van Damme Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Walaiporn Patcharanarumol Ministry of Health, Thailand Beverly Ho Independent Researcher, Philippines Isidore Sieleunou Researcher, Cameroon Resource Persons: Nishant Jain GIZ, India Shafiu Mohammed University Heidelberg Gilbert Abiiro University Heidelberg Facilitators: Manuela de Allegri University Heidelberg, Germany Raoul Bermejo Institute for Tropical Medicine, Belgium

11:00 11:30 11:30 13:30

Coffee Break Workshops Session 4

THEME I THEME II THEME III

Reaching the poorest: what role can cash transfers play in attaining UHC? Ilcheong Yi United Nations Research Institute on Social Development, Switzerland Andi ZA Dulung Ministry of Social Affairs, Indonesia Emmy Widayanti Ministry of Social Affairs, Indonesia Jessica Hagen-Zanker Overseas Development Institute, UK

The private sector in health: Moving towards UHC in the midst of pluralistic health systems Gerald Bloom Institute of Development Studies, UK Andrea Godon KfW, Germany Yaron Inbar Archimedes Global Ltd., Israel Samwel Ogillo Association of Private Health Facilities, Tanzania Holger Till GIZ, Ghana Facilitator: Barbara McPake Queen Margaret University, UK

Responding to demographic and epidemiological change Hermann Schulte-Sasse Senator for Health City of Bremen, Germany Rolf Horstmann Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany

13:30 14:30 14:30 16:00 16:00 16:15 16:15 17:00

Lunch Break Plenary session (S29-32): Lessons learned, based on the key messages prepared in the workingshop sessions Closing remarks: Gnther Taube, Head of Division Education, Health, Social Protection, GIZ Closing ceremony: Envisioning the future of UHC