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Conference programme

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

WHO Workshop on performance assessment for health systems improvement
13:30 - 13:40 Opening and welcome
Dr Nata Menabde, Deputy Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Professor Peter C. Smith, Director, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom
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13:40 - 14:00 Key international comparisons: How healthy are they?
Professor Niek Klazinga, Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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13:40 - 15:30 Session 1 - Evidence from recent policy developments
Chair: Dr Enis Barιş, Director, Country Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
14:00 - 14:20 Recent developments in performance measurement
Professor Peter C. Smith, Director, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom
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14:20 - 14:40 Performance measurement for professional improvement
Dr Arnold Epstein, Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States
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15:00 - 15:20 Performance incentives
Dr Douglas Conrad, Professor of Health Services and Co-Director, Center for Health Management Research, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, United States
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15:20 - 15:40 Questions and discussions Watch video
 
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee break
 
16:00 - 17:45 Session 2 - Case studies
Chair: Dr Antonio Duran, Adviser, WHO Regional Office for Europe
16:00 - 16:15 Sectoral case study: mental illness
Mr David McDaid, Coordinator, Mental Health Economics European Network, and Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
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16:15 - 16:35 Public performance reporting
Dr Paul G. Shekelle, Director, Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center, Santa Monica, United States
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16:35 - 16:50 Performance reporting: Dutch case study
Professor Gert P. Westert, Head of health care performance, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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16:50 - 17:05 Performance information: Italian case study
Dr Fabrizio Carinci, National Expert, National system for verification and control of health assistance (SIVEAS Sistema nazionale di Verifica e controllo sull'Assistenza Santaria), Directorate-general for Health Planning, Ministry of Health, Pescara, Italy
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17:05 - 17:30 Questions and discussions Watch video
17:30 - 17:45 Concluding remarks Watch video

Conference programme

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

08:45 - 09:30 Opening of the Conference
Ms Maret Maripuu, MoSA Estonia and Dr Marc Danzon, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe
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09:30 - 12:30 Session 1 - Health systems, health and wealth: Revisiting conventional thinking
09:30 - 09:50 Health systems, health and wealth and social well-being: An international perspective
Professor Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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09:50 - 10:10 Health systems, health and wealth: A human rights perspective
Mrs Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative and Co-Chair, Health Worker Global Policy Advisory Council
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10:10 - 10:30 Health systems, health and wealth: A perspective from within the WHO European Region
Professor Martin McKee, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
 
11:00 - 12:30 MINISTERIAL PANEL 1 - Perspectives from Member States Health systems, health and wealth
Reaction from audience to the Ministerial Panel
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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
 
14:00 - 15:30 Session 1 - Health Systems, health and wealth: Revisiting conventional thinking (continued)
MINISTERIAL PANEL 2: Perspectives from Member States
14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speech: Health systems performance assessment
Professor Peter C. Smith, Director, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom
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14:45 - 15:30 The Tallinn Charter - Health Systems for Health and Wealth
Dr Fiona Adshead, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Chief Government Adviser on Inequalities, Department of Health, England (Chair of the Charter Drafting Group)
Dr Ainura Ibraimova, Deputy Minister of Health, Kyrgyzstan (Co-Chair of the Charter Drafting Group)
Ms Leen Meulenbergs, Head, International Relations Department, Federal Public Service for Public Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment, Belgium (Co-Chair of the Charter Drafting Group)
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 2 - Health systems: Technical aspects
Stewardship/Governance Health financing Resource creation Service delivery
17:30 - 18:30 Satellite session: Migration of health. Ethical considerations Watch video
19:30 Reception, hosted by the WHO Regional Director for Europe

Conference programme

Thursday, 26 June 2008

08:30 - 12:15 Session 2 - Health Systems: Technical aspects (continued)
08:30 - 09:15 Keynote speech: Social determinants of health and health systems
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, International Institute for Society and Health and MRC Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Reaction from audience to the Ministerial Panel
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09:15 - 10:30 Parallel sessions (block 2)
Stewardship/Governance Health financing Resource creation Service delivery
 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
 
11:00 - 12:15 Stewardship/Governance Health financing Resource creation Service delivery
 
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch break
 
13:45 - 15:15 Session 3 - Health systems, health and wealth: A political viewpoint Watch video
Keynote speeches:
13:55 - 14:15 His Excellency Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister, Estonia Watch video
14:15 - 14:35 Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General Watch video
14:35 - 14:55 Ms Androula Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Health Watch video
14:55 - 15:15 Dr Nata Menabde, Deputy Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe Watch video
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 17:15 MINISTERIAL PANEL 4 - Perspectives from Member States Watch video
17:15 - 18:45 MINISTERIAL PANEL 5 - Perspectives from Member States Watch video
19:30 - 22:00 Dinner, hosted by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia

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Friday, 27 June 2008

09:30 - 10:30 Wrap-up and debriefing of parallel sessions: Key messages Watch video
 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
 
11:00 - 12:30 Contribution from the partners:
  • World Bank - Dr Armin H. Fidler, Lead Health Policy Adviser
  • European Investment Bank - Philippe Maystadt, President
  • Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Ms Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Minister of Health, Slovenia
  • The Global Fund - Prof Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director
  • Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - Mr Aart De Geus, Deputy Secretary-General
  • Council of Europe - Dr Piotr Mierzewski, Head of Health Division
  • United Nations Children's Fund - Ms Shahnaz Kianian-Firouzgar, Deputy Regional Director
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12:30 - 12:45 Signing of the WHO European Charter on Health Systems "The Tallinn Charter: Health Systems for Health and Wealth" Watch video
12:45 - 13:00 Closure of the Conference Watch video
13:00 - 13:30 Farewell reception, hosted by the Government of Estonia