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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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" 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
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