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ALL DAY -- Posters on display
Author coverage during breaks
8:30AM-10:00AM
Plenary Session #3
Challenges of Health Care financing in Resource-limited Environments:
What Are the Issues to Be Addressed and the Challenges to Be Overcome?
(Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Frank Adu, Chairman, National Health Insurance Council
- Introduction
to the Session and Overview of Needs, Problems, and Issues
Kwesi Eghan, MSH, Ghana
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Abstract
- Health
Care Financing and Social Protection Schemes in a Resource-Limited
Environment: The Role of Governments and International Organisations
Fiona Kilpatrick, Global Social Trust/ILO, Egypt
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- Health
Care Financing In Resource-Limited Environments: Sub-Saharan African
Experiences and Lessons
Chris Atim, African Health Economics Advisory Committee (WHO/AFRO),
UK
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- Socio-Cultural Challenges to Health Care Financing in Resource-Limited
Environments
Kojo Arhinful, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research,
Ghana
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- Discussion
10:00AM-10:30AM
Break
10:30AM-12:00PM
Plenary Session #4
Challenges of Health Care financing: Ghana-Specific Case Studies
(Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Sam Adjei, Deputy Director General, Ghana Health Services
12:00PM-1:00PM
Lunch Break
1:00PM-2:30PM
Parallel Track Presentations
Track #5 -- Health Care Financing in Resource-Limited Environments
(Case Studies) and Improving Results through Use of Performance-Based
Payment (Room: Adae Kesie)
Co-Moderators: Francis Osafo and Kwesi Eghan
- A
District-Wide Health Insurance Scheme: A Model in Development
Ampong Darkwah, Mckof Consultancy, Ghana
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Abstract
- Locally
Organized Social Class Based Health Insurance: Gonoshasthaya Kendra
(GK) Experience with One Million Rural Population in Bangladesh
Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
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Abstract
- A
Long Journey from Policy to Implementation: The Case of the Eastern
Regional Health Insurance Programme
George Kyeremeh, Eastern Regional Health Insurance Program, Ghana
- MSH
Experience in Haiti with Performance-Based Initiatives
John Pollock presented by Malcolm Bryant, MSH, USA
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- Panel and General Discussion
Track #6 -- Pharmaceutical Product Quality Assurance Mechanisms
and Alternatives to Traditional Supply Systems for Resource-Limited Environments
(Room: Damba 1)
Co-Moderators: Ollympia Kowero and David Lee
- Multi-Tier
Approach to Quality Assurance
Thomas Layloff, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- The
Tanzania Drugs Quality Assurance/TLC Initiative
Zera Msuya, Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority, MOH, Tanzania
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Abstract
- Quality
Assurance for Malaria Products: The Ghana Food and Drugs Board
Initiative
Ben Botwe, Ghana Food and Drugs Board, Ghana
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Abstract
- The
Importance of Prequalification and Supplier Selection as a Part
of Quality Assurance in Pharmaceutical Procurement
Francis Aboagye-Nyame, MSH, USA
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- Panel and General Discussion
Track #7 -- Multi-Institutional and Regional Collaboration for
Improved Availability of Drugs and Other Health Commodities (Room: Kundum)
Co-Moderators: Charles Allotey and Eva Ombaka
- Increasing
Access to Essential Medicines through Collaboration of Government,
Civil Society and WHO: The Case of Uganda
Joseph Serutoke, WHO, Uganda; Patrick Mubangizi, Health Action
International Africa/HEPS, Uganda
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Abstract
- Multi-institutional
and Regional Collaboration to Improve Access to and Use of Essential
Medicines (Including Procurement, Distribution, and Other Elements
of Supply Chain Management): A Papua New Guinea Experience
Raj Gonsalkorale, National Department of Health,
Papua New Guinea
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- Regional
Technical Resource Collaboration for Improving the Use of Medicines:
East Africa
Lloyd Matowe, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- Panel and General Discussion
Track #8 -- Pharmaceutical Service Quality Assurance and Adherence
Strategies for Resource-Limited Environments—Part 2 (Room: Damba
2)
Co-Moderators: Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt and Enoch Osafo
- The
Role of Drug and Therapeutics Committees in Promoting Rational
Use of Medicines in the Developing World
Kathy Holloway presented by Marthe Everard, WHO, Switzerland
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Abstract
- Using
Drugs and Therapeutics Committee to Improve Rational Drug Use in
Hospitals: The Ghana Catholic Pharmaceutical Approach
Issac Annan, Department of Health, National Catholic Secretariat,
Ghana
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Abstract
- The
Establishment of Functional Drug and Therapeutics Committees in
a Developing Country
Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Ghana National Drugs Programme, MOH,
Ghana
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Abstract
- Drug and Therapeutic Committees: The Quasi-Governmental Health
Systems Experience
Edward Amporful, Cocoa Board Health Systems, Ghana
- Panel and General Discussion
2:30PM-3:00PM
Break
3:00PM-5:00PM
Parallel Track Technical Discussion (continued)
Track #6 (continued) -- Pharmaceutical Product Quality Assurance
Mechanisms and Alternatives to Traditional Supply Systems for Resource-Limited
Environments (Room: Damba 1)
Co-Moderators: Ollympia Kowero and David Lee
- Pooled
Procurement of Essential Pharmaceuticals for Decentralized Health
Services in El Salvador
David Lee, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- Monitoring
Prime Vendor Pharmaceutical Supply System in Tanzania: MEMS Start-up
Experiences
Orgenes Lema, Mission for Essential Medical Supplies, Tanzania
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Abstract
- Medication
and Supply Availability: It's Not Only a Supplier Issue
Nakae Noguchi, JICA, Japan
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Abstract
- Prime
Vendor Pharmaceutical Supply System in Tanzania: Prime Vendor Start-up
Experiences
Scott Hart, Crown Agents, UK
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Abstract
- Panel and General Discussion
Track #7 (continued) -- Multi-Institutional and Regional Collaboration
for Improved Availability of Drugs and Other Health Commodities (Room:
Kundum)
Co-Moderators: Charles Allotey and Eva Ombaka
- Determinants
of Successful Multi-institutional and Regional Collaboration on
Pooled Procurement of Pharmaceuticals
Francis Burnett, Pooled Procurement Service of the Organization
of Eastern Caribbean States, St. Lucia
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Abstract
- Pooled
Procurement for the Ghanaian Catholic Mission Sector: The Experience
of the Catholic Pharmaceutical Service
Stephen Essuman, Department of Health, National Catholic Secretariat,
Ghana
- Strategies
and Business Plans for Regional Collaboration for Procurement:
Proposals for ACAME and ECSA
Anglade Malan-Kla, University of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; Francis
Aboagye-Nyame, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- Facilitating
Pooled Procurement and Inventory Management through Use of Best-Practices
Based Software: The Role of ORION@MSH
Arin Speed, MSH, USA
- Panel and General Discussion
Track #8 (continued) -- Pharmaceutical Service Quality Assurance
and Adherence Strategies for Resource-Limited Environments—Part
2 (Room: Damba 2)
Co-Moderators: Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt and Enoch Osafo
- A
Systems Approach to Addressing Adherence in Chronic Disease Treatment
Malcolm Bryant, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- Interventions
to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Review of the
Evidence
Jude Nwokike, MSH, Namibia
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Abstract
- Commodity
Management Issues Related to Pediatric Treatment in HIV/AIDS
Bannet Ndyanabangi, MSH, USA
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Abstract
- Challenges
of Monitoring ARV Therapy Adherence: Strategies for Improved Patient
Adherence to Therapy
Richard Amenya, FHI, Ghana
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Abstract
- Panel and General Discussion
5:00PM-7:00PM
Program Experience Informal Roundtables
Opportunity for small group and one-on-one dialogue
Roundtable #1 -- ADDO Drug Shop Initiative (Tanzania)
(Room: Adae Kesie)
Roundtable #2 -- CAREshop Franchise Initiative (Ghana)
(Room: Odwira 1)
Roundtable #3 -- CFWshop Franchise Initiative (Kenya)
(Room: Odwira 2)
Roundtable #4 -- ELCT/MEMS (Tanzania) and El Salvador
Prime Vendor Initiatives (Room: Hogbetsotso)
Roundtable #5 -- Catholic Pharmaceutical Service Pooled
Procurement (Ghana) (Room: Kundum)
Roundtable #6 -- Drug and Therapeutic Committees (Ghana)
(Room: Damba 2)
Roundtable #7 -- Drug Quality Testing and Inspection
(Tanzania) (Room: Damba 1)
Roundtable #8 -- ORION@MSH, Quantimed, and Other IT
Initiatives (Room: Afahye)
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