Welcome to our webinars, where high-level international experts share their experiences in implementing tools and strategies to strengthen informed decision making in health. Here you will find dozens of videos, as well as presentations from our guests, transcripts, and recommended technical document.
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Held on January 16, 2020 Presented by: Ana Pérez. Uruguay, in its quest to achieve universal health coverage, consolidated its prioritization process in 2018 with the creation of a multi-criteria instrument to include health technologies in the Comprehensive Health Care Plan (PIAS) that will receive […]
Reforming national health insurances is not a simple task. In South Africa, the Ministry of Health’s concerns to include a wide variety of services has made it difficult to discuss the...
In 2015 and after five years of operation and spending close to 1.3 billion pounds, the British government radically change the operation of its Cancer Drug Fund (CDF)...
Taken on October 17, 2019 Presented by: Héctor E. Castro. Health systems have to cope with the growing gap between finite resources and unlimited demand for health services. Systematically analyzing health priorities and resource allocation avoids problems of efficiency, quality, opportunity, and equity. In the […]
Taken on September 5, 2019 Presented by: Veronika J. Wirtz, David Bardey and Carlos Durán. Moderator: Ferdinando Regalia. Day by day, the prices of medicines are increasing globally. Faced with this reality, governments are adopting different regulatory measures that have brought about substantial savings in pharmaceutical spending, but that […]
Held on July 24, 2019 Presented by: Luis Alejandro Rivera. Guaranteeing access to medicines is a goal for all Latin American countries. However, implementing regulations that not only allow more affordable prices but also mitigate the risks of shortages and facilitate their control, can become a […]
Held on June 20, 2019 Presented by: Josée Hansen. The protection of public health and the regulation of medical products are the responsibility of governments. Medical devices are an important component of health care and encompass a wide variety of products. But in unregulated markets, common in […]
Made on March 26, 2019 Presented by: Leandro Safatle. Drug prices are increasing, making it difficult to access new therapies. Controlling this situation without hindering the pharmaceutical sector is a challenge faced by governments around the world.
Made on February 25, 2019 Presented by: Claudia Vaca. Having a greater variety of medicines does not always translate into better patient care or a reduction in the financial and epidemiological burden for health systems. Policies on medicines must ensure the sustainability of these […]