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Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
31 October–3 November 2012

Guide to Population Council activities


Platform Title Presenter
Wed, 31 Oct
Satellite session
11:00 am–
1:00 pm

"Improving access to postnatal care services in Africa: Evidence and lessons for policymakers, implementers and donors" (Room 201B)

We encourage you to pre-register for this event.

 
Satellite session
3:30–5:00 pm

"Evaluating vouchers for reproductive health: Beijing premiere screening and discussion of the documentary film 'Kadi: Saving Mothers and Babies, One Voucher at a Time'" (Room 305C)

We encourage you to pre-register for this event.

 
Thu, 1 Nov
Concurrent Session 1
11:30 am–
1:00 pm

"The differences in out‐of‐pocket expenditures on reproductive health services following introduction of a reproductive health voucher program in Kenya"

Session: Improving Financial Protection Tools for the Poor: Microinsurance, Health Savings Accounts, Vouchers—and How to Choose Among Them

Timothy Abuya
Fri, 2 Nov
Concurrent Session 12
2:30–4:00 pm

"The benefits and challenges with using quasi-experimental and non‐experimental designs to inform policy and service-delivery guidelines for reproductive health programs in developing countries" (PDF)

Session: When Randomized Controlled Trials Cannot Be the Gold Standard—The Role of Research, Experts, Experience, and the Media for Health Systems and Policy Decision Making

Ian Askew
Posters
Theme: Financing and Capacity Building of Health Systems Research

"Social franchising and demand-side financing: Where supply meets demand"

Ben Bellows
 

"Evaluation of the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda"

Ben Bellows
Theme: Knowledge Translation

"Supply-side responses in demand-side voucher programs: Health facilities' use of reproductive health voucher reimbursements in Kenya"

Timothy Abuya
 

"Improved postnatal care? The effect of reproductive health vouchers in Kenya"

Charlotte Warren
Theme: Methodology and Methods for Health Systems Research

"The role of a targeted reproductive health voucher program in improving access, quality, and equity in maternal and reproductive health care services in facilities in Cambodia: Generating evidence from a quasi-experimental evaluation model"

Ashish Bajracharya
Theme: State-of-the-Art Health Systems Research Findings

"Using safe motherhood vouchers to increase uptake and reduce inequities in facility delivery services in southwestern Uganda"

Lucy Kanya
 

"Determinants of health insurance coverage in Kenya: Evidence from the 2008–09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey"

James Kimani


Conference venue
Beijing International Convention Center
Beijing, China

Offsite link: Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research


Media inquiries
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