By Sami Zaptia.
Tripoli, 29 July:
UPDATE: New . . .[restrict]website posted today: http://libyancharities.com/
The Ministry of Health in cooperation with the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO) will be organizing a major health conference in Tripoli from 26 to 30 August 2012, on the Libyan National Health System.
The Libyan health conference is ‘for the purpose of a modern health system that takes into consideration the Libyan health and social situation in the new free Libya, and after a study of the health systems in the developed nations’ say the organisers.
The organizers have provided the following details:
Scientific Program;
Day 1: Sunday 26th of August 18:00 –19:30 pm
Public Lecture of Health Systems (TBA)
Opening Ceremony 19:30 – 20:30
Exhibition 20:30 – 22:30
Day 2. 27th of July
Chairperson: / JJ / IS
08:30 – 09:30 Health Governance (08:30-09:30)
Chairperson:
08:30-09:00 Organizational Chart of MOH
09:00-09:30 What makes a good MOH? (SB) Health Information System (09:30-10:00)
09:30-09:50 Why HIS?
09:50-10:10 Implementation of BDs (BK)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 13:00 Debate of Health Care Finance:
Chairperson:
Title: “The Singapore Model is the best in the World”
11:00-11:30 For: (RE)
11:30-12:00 Against:
Private Health Service / Insurance
12:00-12:15 Insurance for Health Care
12:15-12:30 Private Health Care Provision
12:30-13:00 Charitable HC (MY and/or WN)
13:00 – 14:00 Prayer / Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Assessment of Libya NHS 14:00-15:00
Chairperson:
Drug / Supplies management 15:00-16:00
WHO’s essential list/High Quality GDs (WHO)
Libya Drug List; An Extra-Burden or HQS
Drug selection / Purchase (PA)
16: 00– 16:30 Prayer / Coffee
16:30 – 18:30 Human resources 16:30 – 17:30
Chairperson:
16:30-16:50 Staff to Patients Ratios
16:50-17:10 Staff Salaries / FFSs
17:10-17:30 Training /CME
Modern Hospital Management 17:30-18:00
17:30-17:50 Organization Chart of a Hospital
17:50-18:10 Center-based Service Delivery
18:10-18:30 What makes a good Hospital Manager?
Libya Health System Analysis (LH500)
Days 3-5 Tuesday 28th – Thursday 30th:
Outline for the three days of debate on health systems strengthening
Structure of the sessions:
These three days will be divided in two half-day sessions per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The sessions will follow the structure and presentations of the first scientific day which provides the information basis for the debate during these sessions.
The half day sessions will start with a brief plenary chaired by the chairs and/or co-chairs of the first scientific day sessions. They will be assisted by the chairs of the Ministry of Health technical working groups nominated to lead the preparatory process and the WHO counterparts, as well as by two facilitators, who will be leading the ensuing working group debate and feedback to the plenary at the end of each session.
These brief plenary sessions will not have formal presentations but serve to summarize the relevant first day presentations for the ensuing working group debate, and to present a set of issues for the debate. Each session will end with a feedback from the working groups.
The working groups:
The session audience will be divided in 5 working groups for a debate which will be chaired by a member of the working group and co-chaired by the nominated WHO counterpart. The two facilitators will assist to guide the debate. The working groups will be given standard set of questions on which to base the debate (sets to be developed).
A rapporteur will summarize the debate and present the conclusions and recommendations to the plenary at the end of each session. The conclusions from all sessions will be presented at the final concluding session.
The chairs of the technical working groups nominated by the Ministry of Health to lead the preparatory process, and the members they have selected for their technical groups, will be in charge of organizing the sessions, including arranging the presentation and communication facilities for the sessions.
These chairs and working group members will also be in charge of providing appropriate reading materials for the sessions, including making available the summaries of the presentations delivered during the first scientific day, as well as selected background documents as appropriate.
WHO staff designated as counterparts to each of the working groups will support the preparatory process and the conduct of the working group sessions as co-chairs, including identifying appropriate reading and background materials for local production prior to the conference, and supporting the reporting from the sessions to the plenary.
The time frame:
The sessions will have four working hours, and a 30 minute prayer/coffee break half way through the session. The working hours are 8.30 to 13.00, followed by a prayer/lunch break, and 14.00 to 18.30.
The brief plenary at the beginning of each session will take not more than 30 minutes, including the initial summary, splitting the audience, and moving to the separate working group rooms.
The feedback and the conclusions at the end of each half-day session is estimated to take 60 minutes, thus leaving 2 and ½ hours for the working group debate on each topic.
The last session of the three days will have to be shorter, to leave space for an overall concluding session of 30-60 minutes.
Expected outcome:
The concluding session, as an outcome of the first consultation on health system strengthening, will establish the roadmap for the health systems strengthening process which will lead, through extensive public and regional/local consultations, to recommendations for a health strategy for Libya and to political decision making on the future of health system and services in Libya.
The consultation will also identify immediate health sector needs that may be addressed within the authority of the Ministry of Health or Cabinet as priority. It should result in more in depth work in assessment and capacity development on each of the priority areas identified through the consultation and the working sessions.
The consultation will enhance the knowledge of the participants of the health system strengthening issues, the gaps and the needs in service delivery, the management, information and other priority issues, and will encourage them to participate and potentially lead the ensuing consultative process.
The participants to this first health systems consultation will be predominantly public sector health professionals, directors and managers, but will also include representatives of private sector and civil society and consumers of health services. The ensuing consultation process will provide opportunities for wider engagement of these other interest groups.
Agenda for 28-30.08: (to be developed in more detail)
28.08 8.30-13.00 Health system governance and delivery
28.08. 14.00-18.30 Health information systems
29.08 8.30-13.00 Health financing
29.08 14.00-18.30 Pharmaceuticals and health technology
30.08 8.30-13.00 Human resources for health
30.08 14.00-17.30 Health service management
30.08 17.30-18.30 Conclusions and closing
For further information see the event’s Facebook page:
or contact: [email protected], [email protected] [/restrict]
