PHA-Exchange> Bases of WHO Consultation on Increasing Investments in Health Outcom es for the Poor

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Consultation on Increasing Investments in Health Outcomes for the Poor
28-30 October 2003
World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland

Website: http://www.who.int/macrohealth/events/health_for_poor/en/

The "Global Consultation on Increasing Investments in Health Outcomes
for
the Poor" will take place from 28-30 October 2003 at the World Health
Organization Headquarters in Geneva, with substantive contribution from
WHO
Regional and Country Offices and support from the Gates Foundation.
Participants will include Ministers and high-level officials from
Health,
Finance and Planning from 40 developing countries. Senior
representatives
from a number of development agencies, foundations, regional
organizations,
research institutions, and international banks will also participate.

The Consultation aims to enhance dialogue between decision makers and
development partners, helping them to make strategic choices at country
level for improving health, especially for the poor. Three themes will
be
addressed:

*         how to improve the effectiveness of health delivery systems
and
monitor outcomes;

*         how to make health central in the country macroeconomic
framework
and increase domestic allocation of resources to health;

*         how to make aid funding more predictable and increase
coordination
with partners.

The Consultation will strive to achieve a country commitment to placing
health centrally in national poverty reduction and development
strategies.
Countries will provide examples of coordinating mechanisms that can:

*         oversee progress on planning strategic and long-term
investments;

*         sequence pro-poor health reforms;

*         make the necessary analyses on strategic choices, financing
options and human resources.

A set of recommendations and proposed follow-up actions will be agreed
upon
and will guide countries', WHO's and other partners' future activities
on
macroeconomics and health.

PAPERS

- 
<http://www.who.int/entity/macrohealth/events/en/bgsummary2210ps.pdf>
Macroeconomics and Health in Context: Background Summary for
Participants
[pdf 155kb]
-  <http://www.who.int/entity/macrohealth/events/en/execsumm.pdf>
Macroeconomics and Health: An Update [pdf 306kb]
-  <http://www.who.int/entity/macrohealth/events/en/rajeev_misra.pdf>
Pro-Poor Health Reforms-Why, What and How, by Rajiv Misra [pdf 178kb]
-
<http://www.who.int/entity/macrohealth/events/en/paper_macrohealth_exec
summ3
.pdf> Links between Macroeconomics and Health: Relevance to the South
East
Asian Region,
  by    Abusaleh Shariff, Ph.D [pdf 271kb]
- 
<http://www.who.int/entity/macrohealth/events/en/sachs_viewpoint.pdf>
Mobilization of Domestic and Donor Resources for Health: A viewpoint by
Jeffrey D. Sachs