Health Equity: 02/23/12

Thursday, February 23, 2012

[EQ] Global Symposium - Inclusion and Innovation Towards Universal Health Coverage- Beijing China - Call for abstracts

Call for Abstracts - Second Global Symposium on Health Systems research

Inclusion and Innovation Towards Universal Health Coverage

Beijing, People's Republic of China

31 October- 3 November 2012

You can submit an abstract for an oral presentation, a poster or a video film! at http://bit.ly/zA8KHl

“…………..The Symposium will include research on neglected public health priorities; causes of exclusion of populations or problems; and on what works in reducing these exclusions; and highlight the innovations across all health systems building blocks that facilitate faster progress towards universal health coverage in an affordable manner

This time researchers, policy-makers, funders, implementers, civil society and media representatives, and other stakeholders will gather in Beijing, China, to review the status of HSR since the last Symposium in Montreux (November 2010), to share new evidence, identify new opportunities and gaps, build understanding across disciplinary boundaries, and discuss the way forward to support HSR and the use of evidence in decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. …………………..”

Deadlines for submission are:
Organized Sessions: 15 March 2012 at 23:59 GMT

Individual Abstracts: 1 May 2012 at 23:59 GMT

Abstracts can cover one or more of the following three main themes:

• Knowledge Translation

• State-of-the-Art Health Systems Research

• Health Systems Research Methodologies

Three cross-cutting themes:

• Innovations in Health Systems Research

• Neglected Priorities or Populations in Health Systems Research

• Financing and Capacity Building for Health Systems Research

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[EQ] Health Policy Toolkit

Health Policy Toolkit

The World Bank

Available at: http://bit.ly/zp8Ysm

Health Policy Toolkit, which offers health policy stakeholders and practitioners online access to a growing collection of information about policies and practices that can help enhance the contribution of the private sector to important health goals in developing countries.

The Toolkit includes links to key policy resources in a variety of formats.

Module 1: Fundamentals

This module discusses health systems, the policy cycle, public sector stewardship towards the private health sector, the importance of the private health sector, and policy mechanisms governments can use to better engage the private health sector.

In this module:

•Health systems and the policy cycle;

•The concepts of stewardship and engagement;

•Actors involved in the private health sector;

•Why the private health sector matters and who uses it;

•Policy instruments to engage the private health sector.

Module 2: Assessment

This module helps stakeholders including policymakers, technical staff, businesses and financial institutions to understand how to better engage the public and private sectors through the results of an assessment process.

The reader will understand:

•Health systems frameworks for a health sector assessment

•The dimensions of a health sector assessment

•The dynamics of a private health sector assessment process

•Options for sources of secondary data

•The types of instruments which can be used for primary data collection

•Steps in the assessment process

Module 3: Engagement

This module focuses on engaging with the private health sector by designing, implementing, and evaluating a public private dialogue.

The reader will:

•Be able to define engagement, public private dialogue, and public-private partnership and understand the major policy instruments used to collaborate with the private health sector.

•Understand the stages of the policy cycle and how it relates to a public private dialogue.

•Know the essential elements to consider when designing and implementing a public-private dialogue project in health.

Module 4: Capacity Development

This module provides policymakers and capacity builders with tools to better understand how to work with the private health sector.

The reader will:

•Review the concept of capacity development and how it relates to policy engagement and private health sector assessment;

•View a sample course agenda and training materials on strategies for strengthening private health policy to achieve health goals;

•Understand how to conduct a private health sector assessment;

•Gain exposure to policy instruments for engaging the private sector.

Public-Private Dialogue Handbook (pdf, 3.84mb) http://bit.ly/A9nIOt

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