Moderated By: Marcella Distrutti

Health Specialist. IDB Social Protection and Health Division

This panel translates the theoretical discussion into practice, through the intervention of public policy makers and experts from LAC. Leonardo Arregocés from the Ministry of Health in Colombia, Valentín Díaz García from the CENABAST of Chile, Vanessa Teich from the Albert Einstein Hospital in Brazil, and Yesenia Díaz from SISALRIL in the Dominican Republic, share their experiences and challenges in implementing strategies to improve health spending in different sectors and components of health systems.