PUBLIC FINANCING OF HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:

A CROSS-NATIONAL SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS

Jointly hosted by The Institute for and The Lancet

VENUE: LECTURE THEATRE SQUARE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL

FRIDAY, 9TH APRIL 2010

AGENDA

TIME ACTIVITY

9:30 Welcome and introduction

Presenters: Dr Richard Horton (Editor in Chief, The Lancet) and Professor (Director, Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London)

9:55 An introduction on financing for development in the health arena

Presenter: Dr Julian Schweitzer (Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank)

10:20 Presentation of paper

Presenter: Dr Christopher Murray (Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, )

11:15 Tea and Coffee break - 15 minutes

11:30 Panel discussion: Reflections on Additionality

Chair : Dr Julian Schweitzer (Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank)

Participants: ‐ Dr Arnab Acharya (Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ‐ Dr Sanjeev Gupta (Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund) ‐ Dr Gorik Ooms (Former head of Médecins Sans Frontières, Belgium) ‐ Professor Peter Smith (Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London) ‐ Dr (Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Panel discussion: Implications for recipient countries and donors

Chair: Dr Julio Frenk (Dean, Harvard School of Public Health)

Participants: ‐ Ms Flavia Bustreo (Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) ‐ Mr Joe Cerrell (Director, Europe Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) ‐ Mr Stefan Emblad (Director for Resource Mobilization, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria) ‐ Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt (Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance) ‐ Ms Sigrun Møgedal, (Ambassador, HIV/AIDS and Global Health Initiatives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway) ‐ Ms Madalo M. Nyambose (Assistant Director, Debt and Aid Division, Malawi Ministry of Finance) ‐ Mr Simon Scott (Head, Statistics and Monitoring Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

15:30 Panel discussion: Next steps: The need for further analysis

Chair: Professor Peter Piot (Director, Institute for Global Health, Imperial College)

Participants: ‐ Dr Julio Frenk (Dean, Harvard School of Public Health) ‐ Dr Richard Horton (Editor in Chief, The Lancet) ‐ Dr Christopher Murray (Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) ‐ Dr Julian Schweitzer (Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank)

16:00 Closing Remarks: Dr Richard Horton (Editor in Chief, The Lancet)

16:15 Symposium closes