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The IHEA congress is an international convention of health systems experts to discuss the latest data, methodologies, findings, and tools in the pursuit of improving health care around the globe. It will take place in both buildings of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

Below you can find an agenda of all of the organized sessions, oral presentations, and poster presentations ThinkWell will be organizing for the main congress. The main IHEA congress will be held July 10-12, 2023. As more details around schedules become available, this page will be updated.

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Organized sessions

Integrated Health Campaigns: The Latest Evidence on Cost, Efficiencies and Incentives

Florence Tochukwu Sibeudu, Olusola Oresanya, Christina Banks, Annette Ozaltin

Tuesday, July 11, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Balancing Flexibility and Accountability: Institutionalizing Arrangements for Channeling Funds to Health Facilities Delivering Primary Health Care Services

Stephen Muleshe, Angellah Nakyanzi

Monday, July 10, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

From Resources to Beneficiaries: Applying a Novel Resource Tracking & Management (RTM) Framework to Inform System Diagnosis and Solutions in India, Nigeria, and Bangladesh

Mursaleena Islam, Nirmala Ravishankar, Najibullah Syed

Wednesday, July 12, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Oral presentations

Find all the details for our oral presentations by accessing the IHEA 2023 agenda and searching “ThinkWell.”

Examining the Challenges of Purchasing Primary Health Care Interventions in Urban Settings: Lessons from Kampala and Nairobi

Richard Ssemujju

The Role of National Health Insurance in Reducing Catastrophic Health Spending on Maternal and Neonatal Health Services in Indonesia Year 2018-2021

Mutia Astrini Pratiwi

Increasing the Sustainability and Fairness of the National Health Insurance in Indonesia

Ruli Endepe Al Faizin

Private Primary Healthcare Provider Readiness in Strengthening HIV Care in Indonesia

Diah Evasari Husnul Khotimah

Better access to Emergency Medicines and Health Supplies; Implications of Improved Autonomy in the Context of Performance Based Financing

Eric Tabusibwa

Does the Gratuité User Fee Exemption Policy Make a Difference on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service Utilization in Conflict-Affected Regions of Burkina Faso? Evidence from a Pre-Post Analysis

Marie-Jeanne Offosse Ngbesso

The Effect of Districts’ Health Expenditure Towards Maternal Mortality Rate in Indonesia

Nirwan Maulana

Does fiscal capacity at the district level influence vaccination coverage and the infant mortality rate? Findings from Indonesian National Socio-Economic Survey 2019 – 2021

Edward Sutanto

The 15th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics will be held July 9-12, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa, and our teams are prepping for our biggest attendance yet. Not only will we be hosting and co-hosting four organized sessions, prior to the main congress, our projects will be featured in four pre-congress sessions all listed below. Registration deadlines vary by session and capacity, so register for pre-congress sessions and the main congress now!

The IHEA congress is an international convention for health systems experts to discuss the latest data, methodologies, findings, and tools in the pursuit of improving health care around the globe. This year’s theme is “Diversity in Health Economics.” The event will take place in both buildings of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Find more information on ThinkWell’s IHEA pre-congress sessions, how to register, and a tentative agenda below.

As more details around schedules become available, this page will be updated. See you in Cape Town!

Pre-Congress Registration

Pre-Congress Agenda

Pre-congress sessions will run July 8-9, 2023. ThinkWell will host four sessions detailed below.

Saturday, July 8

Can direct financing for public facilities improve the availability of health products? (hybrid)

9 AM-12:30 PM

Organizers: ThinkWell, Center for Global Development, and KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme

There is growing consensus that channeling funds to health facilities and granting them more autonomy will improve the delivery of primary health care services. In this session, we will explore the evidence about the impact of direct financing for facilities on access to health products, especially essential medicines.

Immunization Economics Special Interest Group Pre-Congress Session (Day 1)

9 AM-5 PM

The Immunization Economics Special Interest Group welcomes researchers to join a two-day meeting to take stock of the latest evidence and research projects, exchange research approaches and methods, and to discuss research priorities. Topics on the agenda will include costing, value of vaccines, immunization financing, and the use of economic evidence for policy and programming.

Register for this session here

Sunday, July 9

Exploring the “means” to achieve universal health coverage in Africa: Research and insights on contributory and non-contributory means of financing health care from low- and middle-income countries

8:30 AM-12 PM

Organizers: ThinkWell, R4D, and WHO

This bilingual session (English-French) brings together diverse country experiences to discuss the latest research on contributory social health insurance and non-contributory/free healthcare schemes. The session facilitates an exchange between African, Asian, and Latin American speakers, explores the politics behind these reforms and how these schemes can be improved to achieve UHC.

Challenges to Establish Sustainable Health Coverage: What can different LMIC models in Asia teach us? (hybrid)

1 PM-4:30 PM

The SDGs push all countries to achieve UHC by 2030; however, UHC will not be achieved unless sustainable health financing is in place. Many countries have inadequate comprehensive analyses of sustainable health financing. This session explores several health financing models and the respective performance of current UHC in four LMICs: Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka.

Immunization Economics Special Interest Group Pre-Congress Session (Day 2)

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

The main IHEA congress will be held July 10-12, 2023. The detailed agenda for each presentation will be available May 8, 2023. Please visit this page on that date to access titles, times, and descriptions for each presentation.

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