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Transforming health markets in Asia and Africa

17th October 2012 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Free

A panel discussion on the dramatic spread of health markets in developing countries, and the role of the private sector. This event will also launch the new book Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor.

Chair

  • Christian Baeza, Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank

Panellists

  • David Peters, Director of Health Systems Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Gerry Bloom, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, UK (tbc)
  • Gina Lagomarsino, Managing Director, Center for Health Market Innovations, Results for Development

Attending the event

If you would like to attend, you will need to register via the sign-up page.

Watch the event on video

This event will be streamed live online and can be viewed from anywhere in the world. To watch, please register to attend online at the sign-up page to receive the appropriate link to the livestream.

Videos captured from the event will also be made available on the DC Health Systems Board website.

More about the event

As noted in a recent commentary in Nature, there has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades. This has substantially increased the availability of health-related goods and services in all but the most remote localities, but it has created problems with safety, efficiency and cost. The effort to bring order to these chaotic markets is almost certain to become one of the greatest challenges in global health.

This event will showcase recent findings on the role of the private sector in health in developing countries.

Health Markets book coverIn particular, the event will launch the new book, Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor (a discount code will be available for event participants wishing to purchase a copy). The book documents the problems associated with unregulated health markets and presents innovative approaches that have emerged to address them. Commentaries will focus on the role of informal providers in delivering health services and explore opportunities for academics, governments, NGOs, social entrepreneurs and businesses to deliver effective services for the poor.

The book is published as part of the STEPS Centre’s Pathways to Sustainability (Routledge/Earthscan) book series.

Details

Date:
17th October 2012
Time:
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

Results for Development
1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005 United States

Organiser

DC Health Systems Board
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