China national workshop on “Essential Health Care Provision in China”

The Workshop is organized as a part of the project “Promoting sustainable strategies to develop and improve universal access to basic health care in the Asian and Pacific region”, inviting the policy makers from multiple ministries, including Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance. In China, the project aims to contribute to the improvement of purchasing and paying providers at the primary level, emphasizing village doctors and township/community health centres, with the objective of attaining universal coverage with respect to public health and essential healthcare.

The objectives of the Workshop are to:

1. Review and discuss findings from the situational study previously undertaken to analyze national experiences to achieve universal coverage of health services;
2. Discuss the challenges and the way ahead for the country;
3. Build capacity for developing plans to optimize investment in health for development and for universal access to health services, including vulnerable groups such as women;
4. Improve dialogue and cooperation among finance, planning, and health officials;
5. Document the outcome of the workshop to serve as an input to a regional meeting to be held over 23-25 July 2008.

Date: 28-30 May 2008

Venue: Beijing, China

Documents

Agenda (To be made available in mid-May 2008)

List of participants (To be made available in mid-May 2008)

Background paper (To be made available in early May 2008)

Meeting Report (To be made available in early-June 2008)

Link to the project page