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Medicines as part of universal health coverage dialogue
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Management Sciences for Health, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Harvard
Medical School are hosting an event - “Medicines as Part of Universal
Health Coverage: Starting a Dialogue”, to be held in Washington, DC, June 3
to 4, 2013. This technical workshop will explore issues relating to
inclusion of medicines as part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) schemes.
We will be providing a live webcast of key plenary sessions and invite you
to view the dialogue here:
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/1069982/events/2138045
The event brings together representatives from the ministries of health
and insurance schemes of nine countries - Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Ethiopia,
Ghana, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, the Philippines, and South Africa. In
addition, approximately 30 to 40 representatives of international
development agencies, development partners, academia, and the private
sector, including the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, will be
invited to participate.
Our goal is to define needs and challenges relating to medicines coverage
in UHC schemes and jointly develop potential solutions.
Agenda and Session times are below [Eastern Standard Time]
June 3 and 4, 2013
Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, DC
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*June 3, 2013*
8:30 to 9:00 am *Welcome, meeting rationale, and purpose*
- Jono Quick (MSH)
§ Carissa Etienne (PAHO)**
9:00 to 10:00 am *Perspectives from Ministries of Health and insurance
systems | Panel Discussion*
Moderator: Kees de Joncheere, WHO
10:30 to 11:00 am *Challenges with financing, management, and benefit
policies*
Co-moderators: Anita Wagner, Harvard University; and Alexander Padilla,
PhilHealth, Philippines
- Financing (Alexander Padilla)
§ Coverage, access, and value (Anita Wagner)
12:00 to 12:30 pm *Essential medicines benefit packages** - Reports from
work group discussions (focus on identifying system needs)*
1:30 to 3:00 pm* Perspectives on public-private sector collaboration |
Panel Discussion*
Moderator: David Lee, MSH
3:30 to 4:00 pm *Information needed for decision making*
Moderator: Dennis Ross-Degnan, Harvard University
5:00 to 5:30 pm *Country/scheme experiences with information systems for
decision making and future needs - Reports from work group discussions
(focus on information for decision making)*
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*June 4, 2013*
8:30 to 8:45 am *Summary of Day 1 | Introduction to Day 2*
8:45 to 10:00 am *Governing the purchase of health services*: *Key
practices to ensure coverage of medicines | **Panel Discussion*
Moderator: Jim Rice, MSH
10:30 to 11:00 am *Implementing change: Opportunities and solutions* *and
need for collaboration*
Co-moderators: Irene Agyepong, University of Ghana, and Jim Rankin, MSH
- Policy change (Irene Agyepong)
§ Pharmacy benefits management in the developing country context (Jim
Rankin)
12:00 to 12:30 pm *Effective financing approaches - Reports from work group
discussions* (focus on identifying solutions)
1:30 to 2:30 pm *The role of the international community | Panel Discussion*
Moderator: Jono Quick, MSH
- Ariel Pablo-Mendez (USAID)
- Andreas Seiter (World Bank)
- David Evans (WHO)
- Guy Stallworthy (Gates Foundation)
- Swarup Sarkar (UNITAID)
- Gina Lagomarsino (R4D)
2:30 to 3:00 pm *Q&A with audience*
§ Moderated discussion
Peter Hobby <phobby@gmail.com>