Webinar: Financing primary care and integrated health care

Join the second meeting of the Webinar series on Primary Health Care with a territorial perspective.

Background:

The Strategy for Building Resilient Health Systems approved by PAHO/WHO Member States recognizes the need for increased and sustained financing to help improve the resilience of health systems, based on the principles of universal health. It emphasizes the need to prioritize investments in the first level of care (FLC) because of its impact on the levels of access and coverage in the territories.

Public health budgets serve as a public policy mechanism where governments' health priorities are reflected, the care model is articulated, and resources are reallocated in the face of emergency events such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

Meeting objective:

This webinar aims to follow up on the discussion on the financing of primary health care and to analyze the prioritization of PHC in public spending in selected countries.

Agenda:

Presentation and Moderation: Claudia Pescetto, Advisor, Health Economics and Financing, PAHO/WHO.

Welcome remarks: Ernesto Báscolo, Unit Chief, Primary Health Care and Integrated Service Delivery, PAHO/WHO.

Study presentation: Analysis of the budget performance of the health sector in the period 2019-2021: Claudia Pescetto, Advisor, Health Economics and Financing, PAHO/WHO.

Country case on prioritizing investment in PHC: Hernán Rodríguez, advisor in health systems and services, PAHO/WHO Representation in Peru.

Proposals from development banks within the framework of the Alliance for Primary Heath Care in the Americas from a regional perspective.
Moderator: Wilson Benia, specialist in health systems and services, PAHO/WHO Representation in Uruguay.

The World Bank Group representative
Inter-American Development Bank representative

Country panel: Funding trends and evidence on prioritization of PHC investment
Moderator: Julio Mieses, International Consultant on Economy, and Financing, PAHO/WHO.