Belize City, Belize
30 May - 1 June 2006

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PRESENTATIONS & DOCUMENTS

- Seminar Objectives and Structure
Priscilla Rivas-Loría, Health Sector Reform Regional Advisor, Health Policies & Systems Development, PAHO/WHO, WDC 

- Health Systems Change and Challenges in the Region of the Americas
Eduardo Levcovitz, Chief, Health Policies & Systems Development, PAHO/WHO, WDC

- Health Systems Change and Reform in Canada
Gregory P. Marchildon, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic  History, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada


Health Sector Reform Trends    
Presentations by Country Participants
- Anguilla
- Antigua
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- British Virgin Islands
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- St. Kitts And Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent And The Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turks And Caicos


Methodological Guidelines
- Health Systems Profiles Methodology

PANEL 1: Health System Context
- Health Situation Analysis and Health Determinants
Guillermo Troya, Health Systems Advisor, PAHO/WHO Country Office, Belize

- Gender-Sensitive Indicators in Health Policies and Systems
Mireille Kantiebo, Senior Researcher and Analyst, Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada


PANEL 2: Functions of the Health System
Governance/Stewardship/Steering Role
- Capacity Of The National Health Authority To Conduct/Lead
Priscilla Rivas-Loría, Health Sector Reform Regional Advisor, Health Policies & Systems Development, PAHO/WHO, WDC 

- Capacity Of The National Health Authority To Regulate/Enforce
Mónica Bolis, Regional Advisor in Health Legislation, Health Policies and Systems Development Unit,  PAHO/WHO, WDC

- Financing/Insurance
Reynaldo Holder, Health Systems Advisor, CPC, PAHO/WHO Barbados

- Health Services Delivery
Jacqueline Gernay, Health Systems Advisor, PAHO/WHO, Jamaica


PANEL 3: Monitoring Health Systems Change/Reform
- Political Processes/Actors That Have Initiated Or Sustained Health Systems Change / Reform
Marilyn Entwistle, Health Systems Advisor, Paho/Who Country Office Trinidad/Tobago

- Assembling Canada’s Health System Profile
Gregory P. Marchildon, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada


Working Groups Presentations
Working Groups 1
Perspectives and Proposals to Fine-Tune the Guidelines for the English-Speaking Caribeean
“HEALTH SYSTEM CONTEXT”  
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4

Working Groups 2
Perspectives and Proposals to Fine-Tune the Guidelines for the English-Speaking Caribeean
“FUNCTIONS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM”
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4

Working Groups 3
Perspectives and Proposals to Fine-Tune the Guidelines for the English-Speaking Caribeean
“MONITORING HEALTH SYSTEMS CHANGE/REFORM”
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4


Canada Health System Profile
- Canada Health Systems In Transition
- Canada Health Systems In Transition - Summary


English-Speaking Caribbean Health System Profiles
- Health System Profiles
- Health Sector Reform Trends in the English-Speaking Caribbean


Annex:
- Seminar Agenda
- Participants List