Results for Development Institute and the Global Health Council will be holding a series of presentations in the coming year titled, “New Visions for Improving Health in the Developing World.”

The series of six presentations will feature R4D’s expertise in transparency and governance, health ministry capacity building, health financing, and health workforce – and how developing countries can create better policies and programs that will improve the health of the poor. In particular, the talks will explore how new evidence-based research can be turned into action in low-income countries.

The talks will specifically look at the civil society’s role in monitoring and influencing how governments and their donor partners spend their funds in health; explore the private sector’s role in providing health care for the poor; examine what it will take to expand health insurance coverage in low- and middle-income countries; highlight initiatives in the global AIDS fight that could save millions of lives and billions of dollars; and pinpoint promising initiatives to solve the shortage of health care workers in the developing world.

The first talk is called “Civil Society: A Missing Link in Bringing Better Health to Developing Countries.” It will take place on March 29th from 2 pm to 3:30 at the Global Health Council’s offices in Washington, DC. This session will focus on work done under R4D’s Transparency and Accountability Grant program (TAP). It will feature civil society leaders from India, South Africa, and Uganda describing how their initiatives have helped to make the public sector more accountable for health spending and programs. Courtney Tolmie, TAP’s project manager, will give an overview of TAP, and Nicholas Burnett, a Managing Director from the Institute, will moderate the session.

Click here to view the event invitation.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to apolsky@globalhealth.org.
 

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INVITATION - New Visions GHC-R4D Series.pdf