Seminars & Events

Seminar Series 2009-2010: Making Health Systems Work - for the Poor

This seminar series focuses on how health system financing and delivery reforms can improve the use of health service by the poor and provide financial protection from the impoverishing effects of high health care costs. Seminars review evidence, present new findings and explore relevant methodological approaches for evaluating the effects of these reforms.

Increasing Access to Maternity Care for the Poor: Promising Results from Burkina Faso. May 11, 2010

Reaching the poor with insecticide-treated nets: The Tanzanian experience with vouchers and free nets. March 3, 2010

Public programs and the incidence and consequences of health shocks: Evidence from a vulnerability survey in Laos. November 24, 2009

Good governance is crucial for the health of the poor. November 10, 2009

RBF in the Public Health Sector: Evidence of Impact and Essential Design Features. October 27, 2009

Past seminars with a financial protection and health equity theme:

2012

• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT - Nairobi, Kenya 3-4 April 2012
• Measuring & Monitoring Health Equity: Application of ADePT (Prince Madihol Award Conference 2012 pre-conference toolkit session) - Bangkok, Thailand, 24 Jan 2012

2011

• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT - Washington, DC, 2 Dec 2011
• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT - Cartagena, Colombia, 25 Sept 2011
• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT Health, Toronto, Canada, 10 July 2011
• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT Health, Stellenbosch, S. Africa, 30 June 2011
• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT Health, New Delhi, India, 27 June 2011
• Training in Health Equity Analysis Using ADePT Health, Saly, Senegal, 14 March 2011

2010

• Introduction to ADePT-Health, Manila, Philippines, December 2010
• Reaching the Poor with insecticide-treated nets: The Tanzanian Experience March 3, 2010

2009

• Public programs and the incidence and consequences of health shocks: Evidence from a vulnerability survey in Laos. November 24, 2009

• Good governance is crucial for the health of the poor. November 10, 2009

• The Implementation of Universal Health Insurance in Turkey: Implications for Equity, efficiency and fiscal sustainability. Findings from an OECD-World Bank Review. April 30, 2009

• Developing the Capacity of Health Systems to Apply Modern Quality Improvement Approaches to Ensure Essential Health Services Better Meet the Needs of Underserved Populations. March 24, 2009

2008

• Using the ADePT software for poverty and human development analysis. August 7, 2008

2007

• Poverty Indicators, Household Surveys and STATA exercise based on the Ukraine PFR. September 20, 2007

2006

• What Can Be Done to Improve Health Services for the Poor? November 6, 2006

• Health Financing Reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: Addressing Informal Payments in the Kyrgyz Health System. June 7, 2006

2004

• Reaching the Poor Program Conference. February, 2004.

2002

• Manohar Sharma.  Determining Whether HNP Projects Reach the Poor: What Can We Learn from the Microcredit Movement? February 25, 2002.

2001

• Michael A. Koenig. Do Immunizations Help Poor Children? November 19, 2001
• Deon Filmer. Malaria Among the Poor and Better-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa. October 11, 2001.
• Enrique Delamonica and Kiersten Johnson. Trends in Poor-Rich Health Disparities within Developing Countries. June 14, 2001.
• Davidson Gwatkin. Inequalities in Access to Health Care in Developing Countries: What Should Be Done? March 21, 2001.
• Lynne Sherburne-Benz. Social Funds—How Well Have They Reached the Poor with Essential Services? January 25, 2001.

2000

• Nora Lustig, Chris Grootaert, Monica Das Gupta and Adam Wagstaff. The World Bank 2000/01 World Development Report on Poverty: What are the implications for the Bank’s work in health, nutrition and population? December 2000.
• Agnes Soucat. Putting HNP into PRSPs: A Report from the Front Lines of Africa. October 3, 2000.
• Adam Wagstaff, Naoko Watanabe, and Eddy van Doorslaer. The Contribution of High Health Care Costs to Impoverishment. September 7, 2000.
• Ajay Mahal and Adam Wagstaff. Do the Poor or the Rich Benefit More From Government Health Services? The Case of India. July 11, 2000.
• Anil Deolalikar and Richard Myers. Improving the Health of Vietnam’s Poor: Analysis and Recommendations from a Bank Sector Review. June 7, 2000.
• Davidson Gwatkin, Rohini Pande, Fadia Saadah, Mariam Schneidman, and Abdo Yazbeck. Poor-Rich Differences in Health, Nutrition, Population Status and Service Use within Developing Countries: Introduction to a New Source of Information for Project Development and Economic Sector Work. May 16, 2000.
• Norman Daniels. Assessing the Fairness of Health Sector Reforms. April 11, 2000.
• Deepa Narayan. What Do the Poor Have to Say about Health, Nutrition, and Population? February 1, 2000.

1999

• Michael Marmot. The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities. November 16, 1999.
• Christopher Murray. What Matters Most: The Health of the Poorest or the Health of the Sickest? September 1999.
• Cesar Victora. Infant and Child Interventions: Do They Decrease or Increase Poor-Rich Health Inequalities? July 1999.
• Daniel Cotlear and Evangeline Javier. Improving Health Care Financing for the Poor: A Peru Sector Study. May 5, 1999.
• Adam Wagstaff. Inequalities in Infant and Child Mortality in the Developing World: How Large Are They? How Can They Be Reduced? March 30, 1999.
• Margaret Whitehead. The Rising Concern for Health Equity in Europe: What Lessons for the Developing World? January 21, 1999.
• Ravi Kanbur. Health, Nutrition, Population and Poverty: What Should the World Development Report Say? January 4, 1999.

1998

• Ricardo Bitrán. Promoting Health Equity through Social Security Programs: The Implications of Chile’s Experience. November 12, 1998.
• William Newbrander and Timothy Johnston. Protecting the Poor from the Impact of Increased User Charges in Government Health Facilities: What Works? October 29, 1998.
• A. Mead Over. Disease and the Poor: The Case of AIDS. September 9, 1998.
• Lionel Demery. Government Health and Education Expenditures in Africa: Do They Benefit the Poor? April 15, 1998.
• Adam Wagstaff and Eddy van Doorslaer. Equity in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Methods and Results from Jamaica. March 19, 1998.
• Davidson Gwatkin. The Burden of Disease among the World’s Poor. March 3, 1998.
• Shea Rutstein. What Can We Learn about Equity in Health and Health Care from the Demographic and Health Surveys? The Case of Zambia. February 3, 1998.

1997

• Dean Jamison. The Health of the Poor: Global and Country-Specific Estimates for Selected Indicators. December 16, 1997.

 

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