Disease Control Priorities Fourth Edition (DCP4) builds on Disease Control Priorities Editions 1-3, published by the World Bank. Through collaboration (with local and international experts, WHO and the World Bank) in a select number of low- and lower-middle income countries, DCP4 will summarize, produce, and help translate economic evidence into better priority setting for universal health coverage (UHC) and for intersectoral and international action for health. DCP4 will be relevant for all countries committed to increasing public financing of UHC and promoting other health-improving policies, recognizing the need to set priorities on their path towards achieving the sustainable development goals.
Details descriptions of the session:
This panel will have brief presentations with an interactive session in the middle and plenary discussions with an opportunity to sign on to DCP4 collaboration at the end.
Handouts for the breakout session will be made available.
Learning objectives and target audience:
The aims of this session are a) to present ongoing work in DCP4, b) to engage the audience in how to integrate fair distribution (equity) and financial risk protection in economic evaluations, and c) to invite new collaborators into the DCP4 network.
Target audience: Decision-makers, academics, civil society organizations and experts who want to learn more about disease control priorities in low- and middle-income countries.
Structure of presentation:
- Ole F. Norheim (chair): Brief introduction to Disease Control Priorities (5 mins)
- Mizan Kiros (NCDs): How to organize a process for revising essential health benefit packages (5 mins)
- Marta Minwyelet: Integrating equity with cost-effectiveness in essential health benefit package design (5 mins)
- Breakout session: Practical exercise and discussion: for which disease/conditions is prevalence disproportionally concentrated among the poor and/or rural residents? (25 mins)
- Stéphane Verguet: Integrating financial risk protection with cost-effectiveness and equity when defining disease control priorities (5 mins)
- Josephine Gakii Gatua: How Africa CDC’s Health Economics and Finance Program can support essential health benefit design on the African continent (5 mins)
- Panel discussion: Invitation to join DCP4 and plenary discussion of how to work together to advance this agenda (25 mins)
