Welcome to AfHEA’s new web site! I hope you will agree the new site is more pleasant and easier to navigate. This is part of a program of redevelopment of the web site as well as of AfHEA’s system of producing and using electronic information. It will include more interactive elements and specifically, under a separate contract with a research firm currently being recruited under competitive bidding, the dissemination of state of the art research as well as grey literature…
We now have just over a month to go for the conference and our partners in Kenya. especially the venue hotel, have asked for the participants’ list by March 1st in order to facilitate their logistics arrangements. We are therefore asking all who are intending to come to the conference to fill in and return their registration forms by Feb 28 at the latest. This includes those who are still awaiting funding, it would suffice to indicate that you are…
We are pleased to announce that the agenda is now ready. You can download the draft outline of the agenda or see details online. Note however that the Agenda is tentative and might change. Please regularly visit the website for recent updates.
Following additional discussions with another of our conference funding partners, AfHEA is pleased to announce the reduction of the costs of attending the Nairobi Conference. The new costs are as follows:
University of Washington training on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
This intensive 1-day workshop aims to prepare those with some experience in cost-effectiveness and health economics to conduct modelled health economic evaluations using extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) methodologies. Beyond providing researchers with the tools to measure equity and financial risk protection as part of their evaluations, the workshop will lay the groundwork for the formation of collaborative research teams between participants and the facilitators that will prepare policy-relevant ECEA analyses in the coming months and years.
Plenary 1 Speaker 09:00-11:00 Main conference hall Adae KesieOfficial opening ceremonyOpening speech by His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Mr John D Mahama 11:00-11:30 BREAK / FAMILY PHOTO / POSTER PRESENTATIONS Parallel session 1 (Tuesday, 11:30 – 13:00) PS 01/1 User Fees in Zambia: behaviour and experiences of communities and health care providersMary Hadley, Collins Chansa Mary Hadley PS 01/2 Does the free delivery and caesarean policy in Senegal offset user fees constraints…
Code Title Authors PT 01 Making community health insurance equitable and pro-poor – lessons from the Dangme west health insurance scheme Irene Akua Agyepong, Solomon Narh Bana, Evelyn Ansah, Edward S. Bruce and Margaret Gyapong PT 02 Health Sector Reforms in Developing Countries: A Study of the Financial, Institutional and Social Dynamics of Mutual Health Organisations in Ghana. Augustine Adomah-Afari PT 03 Health care financing incidence Analysis in Africa: The experience of Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa James Akazili, Gemini…
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 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…
The conference venue: La Palm Royal Beach HotelDates: 10th – 12th March 2009 Theme: Priorities of Health Economics in Africa The overall theme of the conference is “Priorities of health economics in Africa”. Main sub-themes of the conference: User fees Health insurance and equitable health care financing in Africa New international health care financing mechanisms and initiatives Human resources for health in Africa Economic evaluation of health services in Africa Measuring health and factors contributing to health Microeconomic techniques and…