Seminars & Events

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
• 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

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

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