Harnessing and Aligning the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage

Lotus Suite 10, 22nd floor 26 January 2016

9 am to 530 pm
Background:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), with its new Operational Plan for Health (OPH) for 2015-2020, is committed to
support the efforts of Developing Member Countries (DMCs) to pursue universal health coverage (UHC) that is to
ensure the provision of health care services to all those who need it without undue financial hardship. There is also a
clear recognition that attaining UHC sooner rather than later would require innovative approaches, and pulling the
plug on business-as-usual attitude.
With its years of engagement with the private health and non-health sectors in supporting inclusive growth and
reducing poverty in DMCs, ADB sees the private sector as a valuable technical and financial resource that can help fill
the public financing, service delivery and management capacity gaps all too familiar issues of UHC implementation.
ADB seeks to begin the dialogue on how best to harness the potential and align the interests of the private sector
towards UHC goals.

Objectives:

Demonstrate examples of initiatives that harnessed potential and aligned interests of private sector with UHC
Brainstorm approaches to improve current experiences

Meeting Agenda/Methods
Interactive presentations supplemented by poster displays
9:00 9:15
9:15 9:30
9:30 10:00

ADBs Operational Plan for Health and Partnership

Opportunities
UHC Landscape in Asia and the Pacific

Susann Roth
Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB
Eduardo Banzon
Senior Health Specialist, ADB

Introduction to Session & Poster Display

Coffee Break

Part I. Financing
10:00 10:20

Mobilizing Financing from Philanthropy

10:20 10:40

Aligning Supplementary Private Health Insurance

for UHC

10:40 11:00

Public-Private Financing of Health Innovations

11:00 11:20

Open Forum

Part II. Service Delivery

Affordable Technology, Affordable Surgery:
11:20 11:40
Universal Access to Laparoscopic Care in Mongolia
Private Sector-Driven Investments in Health Human
11:40 12:00
Resource for UHC
12:00 12:20
12:20 12:40
LUNCH BREAK

Pursuing Universal Dental Care in India

Open Forum

Audrey Chia
National University of Singapore
Azusa Sato
ADB/ London School of Economics
BT Slingsby, Global Health Innovative
Technology Fund
Moderator: Eduardo Banzon
Rapporteur: Beverly Lorraine Ho
Juan Carlos Negrette
University of Utah
Paul Lalvani
Empower School of Health
Amarinder Pal Singh
StarDental Centers India
Moderator: Susann Roth
Rapporteur: Ida Marie Pantig

Part III. Medicines

14:00 14:20

Improving Access to Innovator Drugs: Hepatitis C

14:20 14:40

Improving Access to Non-Communicable Diseases

Drugs

14:40 15:00

Medicine Access Programs and other

Pharmaceutical Access Policies in the Philippines

15:00 15:30

Open Forum

15:30 - 16:00

Poster viewing
Coffee break

Part IV. Management and Accountability

More Health For the Money: Efficiency through
16:00 16:20
Management
Financing and Delivery Models of Quality Health
16:20 16:40
Care
Improving Access to and Quality of Service Delivery
16:40 17:00
though Information Technology Tools
Open Forum
17:00 - 17:30

Ben Kamarck, Gilead Sciences

Rebecca Stevens/Harald Nusser
Novartis
Beverly Lorraine Ho
ADB/ Alliance for Improving Health
Outcomes
Moderator: Eduardo Banzon
Rapporteur: Azusa Sato

Bhavdeep Singh,
Fortis Hospital Group
Kwasi Boahene, PharmAccess
Derek Ritz
EC Group Inc. / AeHIN
Moderator: Susann Roth
Rapporteur: Ida Marie Pantig