Agenda at a glance
| Monday 9 March 2008 | |||
| 17:00 18:00 |
Pre-registration | ||
| Tuesday 10 March 2009 | |||
| 08:00 09:00 |
Registration | ||
| Plenary 1 | |||
| 09:00 11:00 |
Main conference hall Adae Kesie Official opening ceremony Opening speech by His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Mr John D Mahama |
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| 11:00 11:30 |
BREAK / FAMILY PHOTO / POSTER PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Parallel session 1 | |||
| 11:30 13:00 |
Room: Adae Kesie User fees – removal and exemptions |
Room: Hogbetsotso Benefit incidence of health services |
Room: Kundum Economic evaluation |
| 13:00 14:00 |
LUNCH | ||
| Parallel session 2 | |||
| 14:00 15:30 |
Room: Adae Kesie Financing and policy |
Room: Hogbetsotso HIV/AIDS: Financing and reporting research results |
Room: Kundum Preferences and willingness to pay |
| 15:30 16:30 |
BREAK /POSTER PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Plenary 2 | |||
| 16:30 17:45 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie – George Dzakpallah – From SWAP to General Budget Support: Ghana’s experience of pooling, harmonization and alignment – Ras Boateng – Ghana’s National Health Insurance System: design, implementation and perspectives Chair: Dr Moses Adibo, ex-Deputy Minister of Health, Ghana |
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| 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION AND DINNER | ||
| Wednesday 11 March 2009 | |||
| Plenary 3 | |||
| 08:30 10:00 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie The business case for private investment in Africa’s health sector Session organizer : Alex Preker PLUS Response from Max Lawson, Oxfam UK |
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| Plenary 4 | |||
| 10:00 11:00 |
Main conference hall Adae Kesie USER FEE COMPETITION PRESENTATIONS |
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| 11:00 11:30 |
BREAK / POSTER PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Parallel session 3 | |||
| 11:30 13:00 |
Room: Adae Kesie Consequences of out-of-pocket payments |
Room: Hogbetsotso Maternal health and quality of care |
Room: Kundum Human resources for health |
| 13:00 14:00 |
LUNCH | ||
| Parallel session 4 | |||
| 14:00 15:30 |
Room: Adae Kesie Community and national health insurance |
Room: Hogbetsotso Economics and Policy Research to Improve Malaria Control |
Room: Kundum HIV/AIDS: Financing and reporting health research results |
| 15:30 16:00 |
BREAK / POSTER PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Plenary 5 | |||
| 16:00 17:30 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie International health financing mechanisms |
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| 17:30 19:00 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie AfHEA ASSEMBLY |
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| 20:00 | GALA DINNER | ||
| Thursday 12 March 2009 | |||
| Plenary 6 | |||
| 08:30 09:30 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie The health economist as a member of the health planning team: the role of health economics in the design, planning and implementation of health policy in Africa Key note speaker: Dr. Marty Makinen |
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| Parallel session 5 | |||
| 09:30 11:00 |
Room: Adae Kesie Insurance and affordability issues |
Room: Hogbetsotso Microeconomic techniques and issues |
Room: Kundum Drugs / Medicines: economics and policy |
| 11:00 11:30 |
BREAK | ||
| Parallel session 6 | |||
| 11:30 13:00 |
Room: Adae Kesie New trends and debates in international health financing |
Room: Hogbetsotso Facility funding, Costing and Budgeting of health services |
Room: Kundum Public health research issues: measurement of health; community based health services; prescription practices; and determinants |
| 13:00 14:00 |
LUNCH | ||
| Plenary 7 | |||
| 14:00 15:00 |
Main conference hall: Adae Kesie Provisional title: Neglected tropical diseases: The financing challenges Key note speaker: Jacqueline Leslie |
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| 15:30 16:00 |
AWARDS PRESENTATION AND CLOSING CEREMONY | ||