WHO’s Department of Health System Governance and Financing organises a global meeting on:
“Strategic Purchasing for UHC: unlocking the potential”
25-27 April 2017
at WHO Geneva, Switzerland
Participants from national health authorities and purchasing agencies, partner agencies, foundations, as well as researchers have been invited and will discuss five key themes: benefit package design, mixed provider payment system, governance for strategic purchasing, information management systems, and payment for performance.
The objective of the meeting is to further develop a global collaborative agenda on future work related to strategic purchasing in support of country efforts to progress towards universal health coverage.
If you are interested, you can virtually join: There will be a live web stream for some sessions on the times indicated below.
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Session 1: Process for evidence informed benefit package design: 11.00 – 12.30 (GVA time),
Link: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=e49eff31bff7ae8d14374c8022a710d07
Session 2: Mixed provider payment systems: Alignment for coherent incentives: 13.45 – 15.00 (GVA time),
Link: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=e435a8b86d650afc4f7e357e298266e70
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Session 3: Governance for Strategic Purchasing: 08.45 – 10.00 (GVA time),
Link: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea584e07d868d51922996c987149181f2
Session 4: Coherent information systems for strategic purchasing: 13.30-15.30 (GVA time),
Link: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=e8967c70021f936c0e8326d1c848d0477
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Session 6: P4P and Results Based Financing as part of mixed provider payment systems: from scheme to systems: 08:45 – 11.00 (GVA time),
Link: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=ef6b675a762ff129b74062cab854a50ab
It is suggested to connect a few minutes earlier, as it takes a bit of time to get into it.
You may also follow on twitter on #StrategicPurchasing4UHC
More materials will be made available on our website after the meeting.
http://who.int/health_financing/events/strategic-purchasing-meeting-2017/en/.