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Conference Agenda

Tuesday, July 3

18:30

 

19:30-21:30

Welcome Reception

 

Official Launch of the Global Health Workforce Alliance Strategy for the Second Phase (2013-2016) chaired by Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (AfDB)

 

Wednesday, July 4

8:00 – 8:30

Registration and coffee

 

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome from Conference Facilitators

 

8:40 – 9:30

Opening Remarks

Chair: Hon. Dr. William A. Mgimwa (MP), Minister for Finance, Tanzania 

 

Speakers:

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, AfDB

Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO

H.E. Mr. Hamadi Jebali, Prime Minister of Tunisia

 

9:30 – 10:40

Session 1- Value for Money, Accountability and Sustainability: Towards and Beyond the Health MDGs

 

Chairs: Hon. Leon Nzouba, Minister of Health, Gabon  & Hon. Walter Gwenigale, Minister of Health, Liberia

 

Investing in Health: Key to Inclusive, Sustainable, and Equitable Growth in Africa

Dr. Agnes Soucat, Director, Human Development Department, AfDB, on behalf of Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA)

 

Keynote Speaker

 

 

Innovative Approaches to Greater Value for Money, Accountability and Sustainability: The Global Evidence

Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health and former Minister of Health of Mexico

Illuminating Data on Health and Wealth

Dr. Hans Rosling, Chairman, Gapminder Foundation

 

Open discussion

 

10:40 - 11:00

Tea/Coffee break – Photo-op / Press Conference

 

 

11:00 – 12:00

Session 2 – Seizing the Demographic Dividend Now: A One-time Opportunity for Africa

 

Chair: Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director of the African Center for Gender and Social Development (UNECA)

Co-Chair: Hon. Majozi Vincent Sithole, Minister of Finance, Swaziland

 

Speaker

Demographic Dividend: Can Africa Seize it?

Dr. Eliya Zulu, Executive Director, African Institute of Development Policy

 

Panel

The Urgency for Family Planning: Investing in Women’s Health and Young People to Benefit from the Demographic Dividend

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, Executive Director, UNFPA

 

What is Burkina Faso Doing to Grab the Demographic Dividend?

Hon. Lucien Bembamba, Minister of Finance, Burkina Faso

 

London Family Planning Summit

Rachel Turner, Director, East and Central Africa, DfID

 

Africa’s Demographic Challenge

Dr. Olawale Maiyegun, Director, Social Affairs Department, African Union

 

Open Discussion

 

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

 

Value for Money and Equity

13:15 – 14:15

Session 3 – African Innovations

 

Chair: Hon. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, Nigeria

Co-chair: Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendes, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID

 

The Successful Experience of Combining Innovative Financing, Health Insurance and Fiscal Decentralization

Ms. Kampeta Sayinzoga, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Finance, Rwanda

 

Using PPP to Finance National Hospitals

Hon. Tim Thahane, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs, Lesotho

 

Results Based Financing: The Africa Movement

Mr. Claude Sekabaraga, Senior Health Systems Strengthening and Results Based Financing Specialist, World Bank

 

Protection of Basic Services, Health Extension Workers Program, Family Planning and Success of Malaria

Hon. Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health, Ethiopia

 

African Solutions to Achieving Greater Value for Money

Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS

 

Open discussion

 

14:15 – 15:45

Session 4 – Reaching the Poor: The Equity Agenda

 

Chair: Ms. Letty Chiwara, Chief, Africa Division, UNWomen

Co-Chair: Dr. Ala Alwan, Regional Director, EMRO,WHO

 

Speaker

Overcoming Inequalities in Health Service Coverage and Health Care Financing

Dave Gwatkin, Senior Fellow, Results for Development, and Senior Associate at the John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

Panel        

Buying Results for the Poor in Health: the Case of Burundi

Hon. Tabu Manirakiza, Minister of Finance, Burundi

 

Health Financing in Africa: Linking Ministers and Parliamentarians

Rotimi Sankore, Coordinator, Africa Public Health Alliance & 15% Plus Campaign and Secretary, Africa Public Health Parliamentary Network

 

Global Experience in Improving Equity

Elhadj As Sy, Regional Director for Eastern and Central Africa, UNICEF

 

Open discussion

 

15:45 – 16:00

Tea/ Coffee break

 

16: 15 – 17:15

Session 5  - Learning from the BRICS

 

Chair: Mr.Bunwi Makinwa, Africa Regional Director, UNFPA

Co-Chair: Hon. Dr. Naman Keita, Minister of Health, Guinea

 

THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE: FAMILY HEALTH AND THE INNOVATIVE HEALTH REFORM

Prof. Francisco Eduardo Campos, Ministry of Health, Brazil

 

China-Africa Collaboration: Searching for the Best Modality

Dr. Lucy Chen, Executive Director, Global Health Center, Beijing University, China

 

Health Sector Reform: How Policies are Shaped in India

Dr. A. K. Shiva Kumar, Adviser to UNICEF and Member, National Advisory Council, India

 

Open discussion

 

 

 

Sustainability

17:15 – 18:15

Session 6 - Leveraging the AIDS response for sustainable health financing

 

Chair: Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS

Co-chair: Hon. Abdou Kolley, Minister of Finance, Gambia

 

Innovative Approaches for Sustainable financing of the National Response in a Context of Decentralization

Hon. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, Nigeria

 

Self-Reliance towards Sustainability in the AIDS Response and Health

Christine J.D. Ondoa, Minister of health, Uganda

 

 

Changes to the Global Fund Business Model for Greater Impact and Sustainability: Innovative Financing

Gabriel Jaramillo, General Manager, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

 

Ear-Marked VAT: The Experience of Ghana

Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, Minister of Health, Ghana

 

New approaches to Sustainable Financing: the GAVI Alliance experience

Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO, GAVI Alliance

 

Open discussion

 

18:15 – 18:30

Wrap up session

Overview of Day 2

Julian Schweitzer, Senior Consultant, Human Development Department, AfDB

 

20:00

Conference Dinner hosted by Dr Donald Kaberuka, President, AFDB

Venue: Poolside, Ramada Plaza

Launch of Joint Harvard-AFDB Ministerial Leadership in Health Program for Ministers of finance

 

Thursday, July 5

Achieving Universal Coverage

08:30 – 10:00

Session 7 – Social Protection and Health  

Chair: Hon. Therese Aya N’Dri-Yoman, Minister of Health, Ivory Coast

Co-Chair: Hon. Mohamed Ahmed Maiit, Deputy Finance Minister, Egypt

 

Keynote Speaker

Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Dr. Luis G. Sambo, Regional Director for Africa, WHO, on behalf of HHA

 

Success and Challenges of the Ghana Health Insurance Scheme

Mr. Sylvester Mensah, CEO, Ghana National Health Insurance Authority

 

Path toward universal health coverage: challenges and opportunities – nigeria experience

Dr. M. Pate, Minister of State for Health, Federal Republic of Nigeria

 

Addressing universal coverage through health financing reform :The Case of Kyrgyzstan

Dr. Ainura Ibraimova, Former Deputy Minister, Kyrgystan

 

Social Health Insurance – an Agreed Path to Universal Coverage in Viet Nam

Dr. Tran Van Tien, Vice Director, Department of Health Insurance, Ministry of Health, Vietnam

 

Lessons From India: Universal access to essential drugs

Dr. Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Executive Director, National Health Systems Resource Center, National Rural Health Mission, India

 

Open discussion

 

10:00 – 10:30

Tea/coffee break

 

10:30 – 11:30

Session 8–The Health Sector as a Job Market

 

Chair: Hon. Ayassor Adji Otéh, Minister of Finance, Togo

Co-Chair: Hon. Alexandre Manguele, Minister of Health, Mozambique

 

Sustainable Health Care and HRH Financing: Joint Mandate of the Ministries of Health and Finance

Dr. Masato Mugitani, Chair, Board of the Global Health Workforce Alliance

 

More Human Resources for Your Money

M. Frances Day-Stirk, President, International Confederation of Midwives

 

Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: Improved Access and Coverage for the Rural Poor

Dr. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, Abt Associates

 

The development, challenges and strategies of human resources for health in China

Chen Shengyu, Director, Human Resources Development Center, Ministry of Health, China

 

Open discussion

 

Accountability

11:30 – 12:30

Session 9 - Power of Citizen’s Voice in Africa

 

Chair: Ntoateng Lebona, director for planning, Ministry of Finance, Lesotho

Co-Chair: Dr. Paul R. Fife, Director, Department for Global Health, Education and Research, NORAD

 

Lessons from the Arab Spring: The Experience of Tunisia and the Post-Revolution Citizen Platform

Hon. Abdellatif Mekki, Minister of Health, Tunisia

 

Accountability for Women's and Children's Health- Global oversight: from the MDGs to the iERG

Mrs. Joy Phumaphi, Executive Director, Africa Leadership Malaria Alliance, and co-chair, Commission on Information and Accountability (COIA)

 

Making Providers Accountable: The Service Delivery Indicator Project

Mr. Olusoji Adeyi, Health Sector Manager, The World Bank

 

Accountability from the Citizen’s Perspective

Hon. James Afedzi, MP, Chair of Finance Committee, Ghana

 

African Voices: Role of Civil Society in the Health Sector

Lola Dare, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Health Sciences, Training, Research and Development

 

Open discussion

 

 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

Private Sector

13:30 – 14:30

Session 10 – Health sector, Private Sector and Growth

 

Chair: Hon. Housseynou Hamady Ba, Minister of Health, Mauritania

 

The Rise of e-Services

Mr. Michael Onyango, Vice Chairman, Creative Content Task Force, Ministry of Information and Communication, Kenya

 

Engaging the Private Sector to Improve Quality and Accountability

Dr. Freddie Ssengooba, Makerere University, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

 

Africa’s Pharmaceutical Sector: Untapped Potentials for Economic Growth and Job Creation

Dr. Feng Zhao, Manager, Health Division, Human Development Department, AfDB

 

Health Sector as an Engine of Growth and Job Creation

Mr. Afsar Akal, Healthcare Regional Business Manager, Intel Corp., Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Open discussion

 

 

 

 

Sustaining the Joint Leadership of MOF and MOH Towards and Beyond the Health MDGs

15:00 – 17:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:00 – 17:30

 

 

 

17:30 – 17:45

Session 11 – Tunis Declaration, Country Framework and Next Steps

Parallel Sessions:

Session 1:  Ministerial conference on Tunis Declaration and Engagement Framework

                 

                 - Facilitators:    Dr. Luis G. Sambo, Regional Dirctor for Africa, WHO

Dr. Agnes Soucat, Director, Human Development Department, AfDB

 

-    Presentation on the Framework (10 min), Netsanet on behalf of HHA Technical Committee

 

-    Venue: Didon –Main conference room

 

Session 2: Plenary on Engagement Framework

- Chair: Dr.Sheila Tlou, Director, UNAIDS ESA

- Co-Chair: Elhadj As Sy, Regional Director, ESARO

 

- Presentation on the Framework (10min), Laurent Musango, on behalf of HHA Technical Committee

- call Alice/Finn/Phyllida from the floor

-Open discussion

-Wrap up

 

Tea / CoffeeBreak

 

- Announce Tunis Declaration (5 min)

           -HHA Response (5 min)

 

17:45-18:30

Session 12 – African Lions Leading the Post-MDG Agenda

 

Chairs: Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, AfDB and Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Comission for Africa

 

Roundtable of Ministers of Finance and Health on the Post-MDG Agenda

 

18:30 -18:45

Wrap up and Closing

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, AfDB

 

 

Friday, July 6

8:30 - noon         Breakfast Meeting

Consultation on the New Human Capital Development Strategy and the AFDB’s Health Action Plan

 

 

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