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Strategies for Private Sector Policies and Engagement in Health
Start Date: May 14, 2012End Date: May 19, 2012Location: Philippines
(c) World Bank. Woman receiving a health check-up.

Important changes are continuing to take place in the health sector along with challenges in strengthening health systems in Asian countries. In  many countries of the region, the private sector is a key resource and player. Around the world, there are an increasing number and variety of initiatives involving public-private sector collaboration in the health sector.

The ability to engage and involve the private sector in addressing health sector priorities has become an increasingly critical concern. A multiplicity of health challenges, coupled with resource constraints, make it imperative for professionals in the public sector to learn how to successfully engage the private sector to achieve health sector goals. 

This course builds on existing strategies for private-sector engagement and public-private partnerships in health. It aims to provide participants with analytical and policy-making tools that will help enable them to engage the private sector. It will provide participants with a framework for analyzing the opportunities to engage the private sector in a health system along with how to design strategies and approaches to engage the private sector to achieve national health system goals. 

This 6-day intensive course is being offered by the Asia Network for Capacity Building in Health System Strengthening (ANHSS) in cooperation with the World Bank Institute. The local organizer is the Asian Institute of Management, based in Manila, Philippines.

The course is designed as a regional course and draws heavily on Asian experiences to provide a practical and realistic perspective.

 

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Audience
The primary target audiences for this course are:

  • Senior and mid-level policy makers at national and sub-national levels
  • Health policy implementers
  • Health sector managers working with the private sector
  • Regulators

The following may also find this course useful:

  • Heads/Directors of private health care organization associations
  • Faculties and researchers in health policy
  • International organizations and development partner representatives

Cost of Course
The standard tuition fee for the course is US$650. This fee includes tuition, course material, one field visit, coffee breaks and lunch during the days of the training, and one farewell dinner. Participants (or their funding agency) will be responsible for covering the costs of travel, health and accident insurance, accommodation, and other expenses while in the Philippines.

For country teams of at least 3 persons, a reduced course fee of US$550 per person is offered, unless participants register individually. In this case the standard tuition fee will apply.

An early bird discount of US$50 per person will apply for participants whose payments are received before March 30, 2012.

The faculty for the program includes this international team of resource people:  

  • Dominic Montagu, World Bank Institute, Washington DC, University of California, San Francisco, USA   
  • Maria Elena B. Herrera, Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines 
  • Syed Farid-Ul-Hasnain, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan 
  • Tim Evans and Malabika Sarker, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 
  • Siripen Supakankunti, and Chantal Herberholz, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

To secure a place for the training, applicants should complete the application form and return it to Mr. Frency C. Importado, email: fimportado@aim.edu no later than May 7, 2012.

Applicants are responsible for obtaining a visa at the nearest Philippine Embassy prior to their departure to the Philippines. Formal invitation letters may be needed and will be provided upon request. Early application is advised since the visa process may take some time.

Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs for further information about nationals who are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a period of stay of twenty-one (21) days or less.

Venue
AIM Conference Center Manila (ACCM)
Benavidez cor. Trasierra Sts. Legaspi Village, Makati City, 1260 Philippines
If you would like to reserve accommodation, please mention that you are a participant of this course so that the reduced price will be applied.

 

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