Training Workshop on Health Systems
20 to 21 February 2017

Philippines

Get familiar with national health systems and the policies and issues related to health sector projects in the Asia-Pacific.

The Training Workshop on Health Systems provided an opportunity for ADB staff to examine and discuss fundamental conceptual frameworks and policy issues in health systems and strengthen technical capacity, contributing to policy dialogues and the design and implementation of health sector projects. Among the discussed were the role of government and the public-private partnerships in the development of the health sector, regional public good and health security, health service delivery, primary care and urban health, health financing, ageing and the health system, economic evaluation for health, and universal health coverage.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Day 1 Health, Development, and Health System
Learn about the basic workings and development of the different national health systems in the world and in Asia. Health is a human right and is…
Soonman Kwon
Day 1 The Role of Government in Healthcare
How important are government interventions in healthcare? How can public-private partnerships help? Why are government inventions in the health…
Soonman Kwon
Day 1 Health Security and Public Goods
What is health security? What are public goods? Why is health security a public good? Learn about health security as an important public good…
Azusa Sato
Day 1 Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health
Learn about health service delivery and its importance in achieving universal health coverage. Universal health coverage is achieved when quality…
Soonman Kwon
Day 1 Primary Health Care and Urban Health
Primary healthcare forms an integral part of the country’s health system and its provision in densely populated urban areas can be challenging. …
Brian Chin
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Day 2 Health Financing Soonman Kwon
Day 2 Universal Health Coverage Eduardo Banzon
Day 2 Ageing and the Health System Soonman Kwon
Day 2 Economic Evaluation for Health Soonman Kwon

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Health Sector Group

ADB Organizer/s

  • Human and Social Development Sector Office

Topics

  • Health
  • ADB Administration and Governance