PUBLIC FINANCING OF HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
A CROSS-NATIONAL SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS
Jointly hosted by The Institute for Global Health 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 Peter Piot (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, University of Washington)
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 Devi Sridhar (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