Act | East at HSR 2024
From November 18-22 in Nagasaki, Japan, the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) will bring together global leaders, policymakers, and researchers to share new evidence, review progress and challenges in improving health systems, and identify approaches to strengthen health systems research.
Act | East will present one organized session, two oral presentations, and two posters at this symposium to share valuable learnings and foster dialogue on topics such as NTD service delivery in conflict and post-conflict settings, inclusion of NTDs in health insurance benefit packages, sub-national resource allocation for NTDs, and more.
Organized Session
Do More than "Do No Harm:" Health Worker and Community-Led Approaches to Inclusive and Equitable Neglected Tropical Disease Services in Conflict and Post-Conflict Health Systems
November 22, 2024, 9:40-11:10 am, Room 101(c)
Moderator: Claire Karlsson (WI-HER)
Speakers: Genet Admassu (WI-HER Ethiopia), Marc-Aurele Telfort (Haiti Ministry of Public Health and the Population), Hilda Kyarisiima (Uganda Ministry of Health), Majorie Lamour* (community leader from Plaine-du-Nord, Haiti), Vincent Muron* (district health official from Moroto, Uganda)
*pre-recorded presentation
Oral Presentations
Uganda's Experience Optimizing the Health of Humans and Animals through an Integrated Approach
November 20, 2024, 4:10-5:40 pm, Room 105
Presenter: Joyce Achan (RTI International)
Seizing a Policy Window for Sustainable Financing of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Ethiopia: Inclusion of NTDs in Health Insurance Benefit Packages and Exempted Health Services
November 22, 2024, 8:00-9:30 am, Room 101(b)
Presenter: Fikre Seife (Ethiopia Ministry of Health)
Posters
Insights from Tanzania on Adapting the National Financial Management Information System to Support Sub-National Resource Allocation to NTD Services
Displayed November 21, 2024, Exhibition Hall
Presenter: Edward Owino (Results For Development)
A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Integrating Health Systens Strengthening Efforts to Reach Multi-Disease Elimination in the Philippines
Displayed November 21, 2024, Exhibition Hall
Presenter: Raffy Deray (Philippines Department of Health)
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