MAYFLOWER HOTEL: APRIL 20, 2017

0800 - 0900: Arrival and Registration / Breakfast

0900 - 0945: Grand Ballroom:

Introduction / Setting the stage

• Adams, Jennifer, Acting Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Chair of Forum Steering Committee, United States

• Hansen, Keith E., Vice President, Human Development Global Practice Group, World Bank Group, United States

• Kurowski, Christoph, Global Lead, Health Financing, World Bank Group, United States

0945 - 1100: Plenary 1: Translating priorities into practice to improve efficiency and quality

1100 - 1130: Coffee / Tea Break

1130 - 1245: Plenary 2: Quality and Incentives: Is there a Tradeoff? Can We Have Both?

1245 - 1400: LUNCH in State Ballroom and Grand Ballroom

Bending the cost curve: Harnessing the power of innovation for UHC (lunch session)

1400 - 1530: CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

• Grand Ballroom: The Global Financing Facility: Driving Health System Efficiency at the Country Level (video)
• Chinese Ballroom: Contracting out for efficient spending and quality services: illusory or achievable for LMIC health systems? Examples from Africa and Asia
• East Ballroom: Out-of-pocket spending and voluntary insurance: the biggest inefficiencies?
• Palm Court Ballroom: Can evidence on efficiency help bridge the MoF-MoH divide? Looking for answers in country experience
• 5th Parallel Room: Making way for UHC by tackling wasteful spending on health: Results from the OECD study

1530 - 1600: Coffee / Tea Break

1600 - 1730: CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2

• Grand Ballroom: Public to Private: Let’s dance (Song title: purchasing health services with an eye on quality and efficiency
• Chinese Ballroom: Inefficiencies in PHC delivery and ongoing efforts to improve service delivery for the poor in Nigeria
• East Ballroom: Reimagining Results Based Financing
• Palm Court Ballroom: The biggest SDG bang for buck: Maximizing efficiencies in health labor markets
• 5th Parallel Ballroom: Efficiency for universal health in the Americas

1730 - 1900: State Ballroom: Reception

Detailed Agenda [PDF]

MAYFLOWER HOTEL: APRIL 21

0745 - 0845: Palm Court Ballroom

Hospital Management: Neglected Issue in UHC Discourse

0800 - 0900: Breakfast

0900 - 0945: Grand Ballroom: 

Speaker’s Corner: Top priorities in the efficiency agenda

High-level speakers on planned priority efficiency reforms

Moderator: Ariel Pablos-Mendez

0945 - 1100: Plenary 3: Measuring efficiency, transparency, accountability

1100 - 1130: Coffee / Tea Break

1130 - 1245: Plenary 4: Implementing good ideas: The political economy of efficiency reforms

1245 - 1400: LUNCH in State Ballroom and Grand Ballroom: 

Launch "Healthy systems for universal health coverage - a joint vision for healthy lives"

In parallel: JLN in action – A discussion on practical experiences measuring efficiency from the finance and service delivery lenses  

1400 - 1530: CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3

• Grand Ballroom: From Chaos to Order Enabling Efficient Fiscal Transfers in Federal and Decentralized Health Systems
• Chinese Ballroom: Multisectoral financing and governance to improve efficiency and impact of UHC and broader health efforts
• East Ballroom: JLN in Action – A discussion on practical experiences measuring efficiency from the finance and service delivery lenses
• Palm Court Ballroom: Barium swallow: Diagnosing how and why up to 50% of health spending is poorly “swallowed” and how to fix it

1530 - 1600: Coffee / Tea Break

1600 - 1700: Grand Ballroom

Closing remarks

• Allyala Nandakumar, USAID & David Evans, WBG - Key ‘take-aways’ & looking ahead
• Tim Evans, Senior Director, HNP-GP, WBG – Closing remarks

Detailed Agenda [PDF]

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Indonesia: Health System Financing Assessment: Spend More, Right and Better

Background paper: Second Annual UHC Financing Forum Greater Efficiency for Better Health and Financial Protection

Forum Concept Note: Greater Efficiency for Better Health and Financial Protection

WHO reference list for the 2nd UHC Health Financing Forum

Key messages

Select sessions from both days of the forum were webcast live. Replays of these sessions appear below.

Introduction: Setting the Stage

Plenary 1: Translating priorities into practice to improve efficiency and quality

Plenary 2: Quality and Incentives: Is there a Tradeoff? Can We Have Both?

Bending the cost curve: Harnessing the power of innovation for UHC

The Global Financing Facility: Driving Health System Efficiency at the Country Level

Public to Private: Let’s dance (Song title: purchasing health services with an eye on quality and efficiency

Speaker’s Corner: Top priorities in the efficiency agenda

Plenary 3: Measuring efficiency, transparency, accountability

Plenary 4: Implementing good ideas: The political economy of efficiency reforms

Launch "Healthy systems for universal health coverage - a joint vision for healthy lives"

From Chaos to Order Enabling Efficient Fiscal Transfers in Federal and Decentralized Health Systems

Closing remarks