UPDATE: This report summarizes the proceedings and main messages of Africa Health Forum 2013. It also contains all the background briefs prepared for the Forum.
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During the 2013 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Health and development partners will participate in the Africa Health Forum 2013: Finance and Capacity for Results. The Forum is co-hosted by the World Bank and the U.S. State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy, in collaboration with Harmonization for Health in Africa.
Listen to Ministers of Finance & Health from 30 African countries outline their priorities for health...
Thursday, April 18: Ministerial Panels 9 AM-2:00 PM EDT
Livestream: https://www.livestream.com/worldbankafrica
- 09:00-09:30: Opening Remarks: Makhtar Diop, Vice President, Africa Region
Ray Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs and Malaria - 09:30-10:45: Panel 1: Sustainable Health Financing (Chair: Makhtar Diop)
- 11:15-12.30: Panel 2: Sustainable Institutional Development
(Chair: Prof. Awa Coll-Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal) - 12:30-01:30: International Partners’ Roundtable
(Facilitator: Phil Hay, Acting Head, Communications, Africa Region) - 01:30-01:40: Summary and Conclusions (Ritva S. Reinikka, Director, Africa Human Development)
- 01:40-02:00: Closing Remarks: President Jim Yong Kim, Makhtar Diop
Technical discussions will follow on April 19th, hosted by the US State Department Office of Global Health and Diplomacy.
BACKGROUND PAPERS:
- How to Translate Mineral Wealth into Health and Social Development
- Health or Wealth: Which Comes First?
- Information to Improve Value for Money in Health
- Fixing Labor Market Leakages: Getting More Bang for Your Buck on Human Resources for Health
- Results-Based Financing for Health
- The Roles of Research-based, Non-state Actors in Building Capacity for Effectiveness and Sustainability in Africa’s Health Sector
- Health Financing and Fiscal Health in Africa: Bridging Collaboration between Ministries of Finance and Health
- Capacity Development for Better Implementation and Results
- Public Private Partnerships for Health: PPPs are Here and Growing