60 Strengthening Global Health Systems

Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 16:00-17:30
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
Moderator:
Farshad Ghazalian, Azad University Tehran, Iran
Impact of health-care system on social inequalities in care utilizations
Zeynep Or, IRDES, France; Florence Jusot, IRDES, France
Inclusion of human resources in maternal health policy processes: Lessons for strategic human resource planning
Tim Martineau, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom; Xiaoyun Liu, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Clarifying and framing the concept of health systems strengthening
Jeremy Shiffman, Syracuse University, USA; Tamara Hafner, Syracuse University, USA
Mechanisms of social protection in health care and financial shocks impact: The Argentinean case
Daniel A. Maceira, Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES), Argentina
Competing technological trajectories and health system paradigms in Brazil
Sebastiao Loureiro, Instituto de Saude Coletiva - University of Bahia, Brazil; Erika Aragão, Researcher of the Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; Fábio Mota, Instituto de Saude Coletiva - University of Bahia, Brazil; Luis Eugenio Portela, Instituto de Saude Coletiva - University of Bahia, Brazil
Developing a model public health law for the Pacific
Genevieve E. Howse, La Trobe University, Australia
Utilisation of evidence in health policy processes:  Findings from the HEPVIC project in India, Vietnam and China
Tolib N. Mirzoev, University of Leeds, UK, United Kingdom; Philippa K. Bird, University of Leeds, UK, United Kingdom; Nancy Gerein, University of Leeds, UK, United Kingdom; Andrew T. Green, University of Leeds, UK, United Kingdom; Stephen C. Pearson, University of Leeds, UK, United Kingdom