Session title | Universal Health Coverage (Stakeholders’ roles in achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) ) |
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Coordinators | Dr. David Musoke dmusoke@musph.ac.ug
Dr. Aloysius Ssennyonjo ssennyonjo@musph.ac.ug |
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Hosts | Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Supporting Policy Engagement for Evidence-based Decisions (SPEED) for Universal Health Coverage in Uganda Project |
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Session objectives |
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Session abstract | UHC has been fronted as a way of providing health service interventions at affordable cost, without impoverishing households, communities and countries, Currently, government financing is one of the most effective models to advance coverage for population health and wellbeing. In low-and middle- income countries (LMICs), health system strengthening and resilience have been traditionally focused on the medical model, with less investments in health promotion at community level which would save large amount of resources and contribute the most to the wellbeing of communities. As we focus on UHC, we need to factor in the social determinants of health, Primary Health Care (PHC), as well as consider effective coordination between state and nonstate agencies for UHC goals. Escalating costs arising from new technologies, quality enhancements, broadening health care entitlements, and expanding workforce readiness can inadvertently make UHC a distant reality for many LMICs. As we advocate for speedy UHC advancements, there is need to consider cost-effective, affordable technologies and innovations that are feasible to be scaled up. Community level actions to promote health and address the prevention, prompt diagnosis and care programs for diseases – both communicable and non-communicable, is vital. Programmes to improve health by addressing social and economic determinants need effective partnerships that go beyond the health system to embrace other agencies, sectors and development actors at all levels. How can healthy-lives and well-being of all people be central to all development policies, programmes and agendas? | |||||
Chairs | Chair: Prof. Freddie Ssengooba, Prof and Director SPEED Project Makerere University, Uganda
Co-Chair: Prof Bart Criel Professor Health Systems at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium |
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Session Format (select one) |
Panel Discussion | Workshop | Plenary/ Key 4 | |||
Speakers | Name | Contact | Status | |||
Speaker 1 (UHC Think-tank UK) |
Dr. Diana Nambatya Nsubuga | Community health workers at the frontline of UHC | dnsubuga@livinggoods.org | Africa Universal Health Coverage Co-Chair and Deputy Country Director, Community Health Partnerships | ||
Speaker 2 (Academia) | Prof. Mabel Nangami, Kenya | mnnangami@gmail.com +254-53-2031637 +254-724345222 |
Professor and Dean, School of Public Health, Moi University, Kenya | |||
His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania | Opening Remarks | |||||
Speaker 3 (Policy Government perspective) |
Dr. Githani Githinn | CEO AMREF | ||||
Speaker 4 | Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam | WHO office Kampala Uganda | Word Health Representative in Uganda Office | |||
Speaker 5 | Dr. Amit N Thakkar | African Health Business | ||||
Speaker 6 | Bonifacia Benefo Agvei | SafeCare Program Manager, PharmAcess Ghana |
Event Timeslots (1)
ROOM 1 SPEKE
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KEY 4