E-DRUG: Places still available at Liverpool HSR symposium October 11th 2018
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Hi E-Druggers,
Thank you to those E-Druggers who have either registered or sent me messages to say that they will not be able to attend the satellite meeting at the Health Systems Research Symposium
http://healthsystemsresearch.org/hsr2018/
that will be held in Liverpool next week.
We do hope to get a number of people attending including those interested in the use of HSR methods to investigate access to medicines. Also the HSR researchers attending might be interested in looking at how medicines can provide insights into how well a Health System is functioning.
Here are the details of the session that I will be moderating:
"Measurement and reporting of for-profit private sector contributions to strengthening health systems"
Location: Jurys Inn, 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool (3 min walk from Conference Center)
Breakfast will be served
Presenters and panelists:
Abdul Ghaffar, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)
Caitlin Mazzilli, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Fuerst Novartis
Veronika Wirtz, Boston University School of Public Health
Moderator: Richard Laing, Boston University School of Public Health
Please RSVP:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnMq4pJcm-eeGXuRWGsQmFXh0BcPttO1ZWmVJdAhgZlVsjDg/viewform?usp=pp_url
Background
Although businesses can make an important contribution to strengthening health systems, there are unresolved questions about how to measure and report private sector contributions and effects. The aim of this session is to identify core elements for measurement and reporting of for-profit private sector programs and leverage the strengths of private and public sectors in successful partnership in program development, implementation and assessment.
Objectives:
1. Propose core elements of a measurement and reporting of for-profit private sector programs contributing to health system strengthening;
2. Present examples of private sector-led programs and reflect on how measurement and reporting of these programs occurred;
3. Discuss how the knowledge generated by the measurement and reporting of programs can contribute to health systems strengthening, policy development and shared learning.
Achieving progress towards Universal Health Coverage and the SDGs requires measurement and reporting of programs and policies. For the past decade, donor organizations and governments have increasingly implemented policies that require systematic reporting on common indicators of health system performance. Enormous progress has been made in developing quantitative and qualitative methods to generate high-quality analysis of programs and policies. The private sector is lagging behind in their commitment to robust measurement and public reporting on the performance of their social programs. The resulting information gap is a missed opportunity to improve health systems and to strengthen the engagement of all actors involved.
Target audience: Health system stakeholders from low-, middle-, and high-income countries, including governments, civil society, for-profit-private sector, healthcare professionals and administrators, health systems researchers.
Significance: Health system decision makers require data on the performance of all aspects of the health system including private sector programs targeting health systems. This session provides a unique opportunity to discuss core principles and elements necessary for a measurement and reporting for private sector programs involving a wide range of health systems experts.
Funding: Novartis is funding the venue and catering of the session. The contents of the session is entirely managed by Boston University School of Public Health.
Richard Laing
Professor, Department of Global Health
Boston University School of Public Health,
801 Massachusetts Avenue Boston MA 02118
E mail richardl@bu.edu