Thursday, April 12, 2007

08:30-09:30
Registration

10:00-10:30
Opening Remarks
Facilitator to review workshop agenda and goals.
Panelists:
Naresh Dayal (Secretary of Health, Government of India)
George Deikun (Mission Director, USAID, India)
Christian Haas (KfW, India)

10:30-11:45
Panel Session: "Demand-side Financing of Services: The Case for Voucher Schemes"
Panel moderator: Sheena Chhabra (USAID, India)
Panelists:
Peter Berman: Take a Walk on the Demand Side (PDF/367k)

Claus Janisch: Vouchers for Health: Demand Side Financing for Health Services (PDF/174k)

Malcolm Potts: Demand-side Financing of Services: Medical Perspectives (PDF/205k)

11:45-12:00
Tea/Coffee Break

12:00-12:30
Agra Voucher Program - Uttar Pradesh, India
Shailesh Krishna (SIFPSA and UP Health Systems Development Project): Vouchers for Equity in Health (PDF/1.23m)

12:30-13:00
Chiranjeevi Yojna Program - Gujarat, India
Dr. Amarjit Singh (Commissioner Health and Secretary Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat): Using Vouchers to Reduce Maternal Mortality (PDF/4.28m)

13:00-13:30
Equity Fund Program - Kirivong Operational Health District, Cambodia
Sam Sam Oeun (Swiss Red Cross): Equity Fund Program - Kirivong Operational Health District, Cambodia (PDF/188k)

13:30-14:30
Lunch

14:30-15:30
Open space "Information Bazaar"

15:30-16:45
Working Groups
Topics inlude:
Working Group 1: Assessing Need and Feasibility of Vouchers (PDF/134k)
Facilitator: Mursaleena Islam (PSP-One)

Working Group 2: Designing Voucher Schemes (PDF/1.58m)
Facilitator: David Griffith (KfW Consultant)

Working Group 3: Targeting the Poor (PDF/7k)
Facilitator: Ekua Yankah (LSHTM)

Working Group 4: Identifying Covered Benefits (PDF/128k)
Facilitator: Tania Dmytraczenko (PSP-One)

16:45-17:00
Tea/Coffee Break

17:00-18:00
Presentations by Working Groups

19:30
Reception and Dinner

Friday, April 13, 2007

09:00-09:30
Kenya Voucher Programme - An Output Based Aid Initiative
Francis Kundu (Population Officer, National Coordinating Agency for Population & Development): Reproductive Health - Output Based Approach Project (Kenya) (PDF/200k)

09:30-10:00
Cross Boarder HIV/AIDS Prevention Project: Guangxi Province, China and Lan Son Province, Vietnam
Doan Ngu (Consultant, Abt Associates): The Use of Pharmacy Vouchers to Expand Injection Drug Users' Access to Sterile Needles/Syringes: Experience from a Cross-Border HIV Prevention Project in Vietnam and China (PDF/1.8m)

10:00-10:30
Sustainability and Scalability of Voucher Programs
Peter Oyloe (Resident Advisor, N-MARC program, Nepal): Sustainability and Scalability of Voucher Programs (PDF/3.43m)

10:30-10:50
Tea/Coffee Break

10:50-12:00
Panel: Incorportating an Evaluation Component in Voucher Schemes

Panel moderator: Monique Mosolf (USAID, India)

Panelists:
Tania Dmytraczenko/Mursaleena Islam (PSP-One): Evaluation Methods: Overview of Common Approaches (PDF/156k)

Benjamin Bellows (UC Berkeley/KfW consultant): Evaluating a Voucher Program for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Uganda (PDF/530k)

Dinesh Agarwal (UNFPA): Rapid Assessment of Chiranjivee Yojna in Gujarat: Methodological Issues (PDF/178k)

12:00-13:10
Working Groups
Topics include:
Implementation and Voucher Management Agency (PDF/9k)
Facilitator: Alphan Njeru (PwC)

Providers - Eligibility, Contracting, Quality and Competition (PDF/7k)
Facilitator: Bertram Haussler (IGES)

Marketing and Distribution – link to BCC efforts (PDF/8k)
Facilitator: Anand Sinha (PSP-One)

13:10-14:10
Lunch

14:10-15:10
Presentations by Working Groups

15:10-15:30
Tea/Coffee Break

15:30-17:00
Panel Discussion - “Future of Voucher Programs: Lessons Learned and Challenges”
Panel moderator: Aradhana Johri (Joint Secretary, Government of India)
Panelists:
N.K. Sethi (Member, Planning Commission, GoI)
A.K. Mishra (Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh)
Prasanna Kumar Hota (Director, Norway India Partnership Initiative)
J. P. Steinmann (GTZ)
Robert Clay (USAID/India)

Workshop Resources

PSP-One: Primer for Policymakers - Vouchers for Health: A Focus on Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services (PDF/682k)

The World Bank: Vouchers for Health: Using Voucher Schemes for Output-Based Aid (PDF/149k)

DFID: Using Social Transfers to improve human development (PDF/174k)

IGES: Information on the Workshop in German