Asia Pasific Leadership Dailoge Agenda

7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC (WPRO), WHO ERMITA, MANILA WED. 7 NOVEMBER

BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS (SEE PAGE

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WED. 7-FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER INNOVATION GALLERY: MHEALTH AND ICT INTERACTIVE DISPLAY, WHO WPRO

THURS. 8 NOVEMBER: MINISTERIAL AND LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE OBJECTIVES  Share successes and challenges in Asia and the Pacific in achieving universal access to quality services for health and development, and progress on women’s and children’s health.  Set out political intent regarding outcomes of this forum, and opportunities for regional cooperation.

MORNING SESSION 08:00-8:30 – Coffee and registration (for those who have not done so at their hotel) 08:30-9:15 – Welcome and inaugural comments Topic

Invited Speakers

Introduction by Master of Ceremony

Jorge Bandola News Anchor, PTV4

Welcome on behalf of host committee

Dr Shin Young-soo Regional Director, WHO WPRO

Welcome by the Government of The Philippines

H.E. Dr Enrique Ona Secretary of Health, The Philippines

Working Together for Regional Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health

Nobuko Horibe Regional Director, UNFPA

Inaugural address The Hon. Minister of Health of Indonesia H.E. Dr Nafsiah Mboi

Delivered by Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti Vice-Minister of Health, Indonesia

09:15-9:30 – Photo Session

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09:30-11:00 – Creating a shared vision for women’s and children’s health in the Asia-Pacific OBJECTIVES:

 To establish a common understanding of women’s and children’s health in the region.  To share successes and challenges in improving women’s and children’s health in Asia and the Pacific, including achieving universal access to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services.  To identify opportunities for regional cooperation in improving women’s and children’s health, and the role of key stakeholders.

Topic

Invited Speakers

Opening comments

Hon. Dr Thein Thein Htay Deputy Minister of Health, Myanmar (panel co-chair)

Setting the scene

Video excerpt Prof. Hans Rosling Professor of International Health Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Asia Pacific status and progress on women’s and children’s health

Dr Ravi Rannan-Eliya Director Institute of Health Policy, Sri Lanka

Opportunities for collaboration across the health Millennium Development Goals

James Gilling Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Australia

Financing health and development

Zobih Ullah Chief, General Economics Division Bangladesh Planning Commission

Role of parliamentarians in advancing RMNCH in the region

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, Philippines

DISCUSSION (moderated by session chairs) Closing remarks

H.E. Rajendra Mahto Minister of Health and Population, Nepal (panel co-chair)

11:00-11:30 – Tea/Coffee

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11:30-12:30 – Enabling regional and national action OBJECTIVES  To discuss how recent initiatives such as the Child Survival Call to Action, the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, the London Family Planning Summit, the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health and others, can support and enable regional and country action.

Topic Opening remarks

Speakers H.E. Lyonpo Zangley Dukpa Minister of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan (panel co-chair)

Screening of video

Why Did Mrs X die?: Retold

Every Woman Every Child and the Asia-Pacific region

Dr Carole Presern, Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

Child Survival Call to Action

Wade Warren Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau for Global Health, USAID

London Family Planning Summit

Dr Mariam Claeson, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children

Haitham El-noush Senior Adviser Innovation in Health and Development, Norad DISCUSSION Hon. Ali Shareef Mohamed, Minister of State of Health,

Closing remarks

Maldives (panel co-chair)

12:30-13:30 – Lunch, WHO WPRO

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13:30-14:30 – Country experiences on improving the health of women and children OBJECTIVES  To provide an opportunity for sharing experiences within the Asia-Pacific region on scaling up effective strategies and interventions to improve the health of women and children  Presentation of country case studies on RMNCH implementation (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) Topic

Speakers

Lessons learned from six country case studies

Anuradha Gupta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India

Facilitator

Dr Lily Kak Senior Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor, USAID Prof. Latifa Shamsuddin President Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

India

Indonesia

Nepal

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Anuradha Gupta Additional Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India Dr. Untung Suseno Sutarjo, Head National Board for the Development and Empowerment of Health Human Resources Indonesia Dr Padam Bahadur Chand Chief, Policy, Planning &, International Cooperation Division Ministry of Health & Population Nepal Dr. William Lagani Director of Family Health Services National Department of Health Papua New Guinea Dr. Divinol Ogaoga Director, Reproductive and Child Health Ministry of Health Solomon Islands

14:30-15:30 – Enhancing Regional Cooperation, Innovation and Integration

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OBJECTIVES  To discuss how regional institutions and platforms can better support national agendas  To identify opportunities for enhancing regional cooperation, including provision of technical assistance and best practices related to scaling up innovations

Topic

Invited Speakers

Opening remarks

Prof. Nila Moeloek Special Envoy of the President on MDGs Indonesia (panel co-chair)

Integration impact of the APEC Health Working Group in advancing RMNCH in the Asian-Pacific region

Svetlana Axelrod Chair, APEC Health Working Group

APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum

Dr Fikry Isaac Vice-Chair APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum

Innovations at the grassroots

Rajendra Gupta President Disease Management Association of India

Japan’s support to RMNCH in Asia-Pacific

Saeda Makimoto Director, Health Division 3, Human Development Department Japan International Cooperation Agency

Korea’s support to RMNCH in Asia-Pacific

Dr. Hoon Sang Lee Health Adviser Korea International Cooperation Agency

Closing remarks

Hon. Lalith Dissanayake Deputy Minister of Health, Sri Lanka (panel co-chair)

15:30-15:45 – Tea/Coffee

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15:45-17:00 – Outcomes and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation  Ministers and senior national policymakers reflect on the day’s proceeding, and to outline their personal vision on how enhanced regional cooperation can improve women’s and children’s health within national development strategies. Outcome document to be discussed and presented.

Speakers Facilitator

Kul Gautam, Nepal Bhutan:

H.E. Lyonpo Zangley Dukpa, Minister of Health

Cambodia:

Hon. Prof. Tan Vouch Chheng, Undersecretary, Health

Indonesia:

H.E. Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti, Vice-Minister of Health

Maldives:

Hon. Ali Shareef Mohamed, Minister of State, Health

Myanmar:

Hon. Dr Thein Thein Htay, Deputy Minister of Health

Nepal:

H.E. Rajendra Mahto, Minister of Health and Population

Philippines:

H.E. Dr Enrique Ona, Secretary of Health

Solomon Is: Hon. Chris Becha, Undersecretary, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka:

Hon. Lalith Dissanayake, Deputy Minister of Health

Bangladesh, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Vietnam: Head of government delegation

17:00-17:15 – Reflections and summary  Ian Pett, Chief, Health Systems and Strategic Planning Programmes, UNICEF  Patricia Moser, Lead Health Specialist, Asian Development Bank 19:00 – Reception Dinner, Hyatt Hotel Manila, Bayview Salon, 5th Floor 1588 Pedro Gil cor. M.H. Del Pilar, Manila

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OBJECTIVES  To translate the political intent expressed in outcome document presented on Day 1 into operational terms for enhanced regional cooperation and collective action in Asia and the Pacific.

MORNING SESSION 09:00-09:30 – Opening Plenary: Taking stock and introduction to parallel sessions Chair: Kul Gautam, Nepal Speakers • Patricia Moser, Lead Health Specialist, ADB • Ian Pett, Chief, Health Systems and Strategic Planning Programmes, UNICEF • Dr Liz Mason, Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO • Rajendra Gutpa, President, Disease Management Association of India 09:30-12:30 – Parallel Sessions: From Outcome Document to Operational Strategies  Parallel Session 1: Investment Co-chair: Patricia Moser, Lead Health Specialist, Asian Development Bank Co-chair: Ian Anderson, Australia Sufficient, efficient and effective investments in RMNCH are needed to ensure continued progress in meeting health needs of women and families and in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. This will depend on both the level and efficient use of resources available. This session will focus on key areas of increasing available financial resources for health and increasing the health outcomes gained for the investment (value for money). At the end of the session, participants will provide feedback on key areas for attention in investing in RMNCH for the period 2013 - 2015.

Speakers • Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon, President and CEO, Philippine National Health Insurance Corporation • Dr. R.R.M Siyambalogoda, Deputy Director, General Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka • Dr. Ravi Rannan-Eliya, Director, Institute of Health Policy, Sri Lanka • Dr. Henk Bekedam, Director, Division of Health Sector Development, WHO WPRO • Dr. Eliana Jimenez-Soto, Senior Research Fellow, University of Queensland, Australia  Parallel Session 2: Implementation Co-chair: Anuradha Gupta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India Co-chair: Ian Pett, Chief, Health Systems and Strategic Planning Programmes, UNICEF Closing remarks: Dr. Annette Robertson, Deputy Representative, Pacific Sub Regional Office, UNFPA Good policy, strategy, resource mobilization and investment will not improve health outcomes unless implementation is efficient and effective. Implementation requires appropriate service delivery models, health systems to support and sustain them, optimizing coverage levels and service quality, ensuring supply of essential health commodities, removing financial and other barriers to access, and motivating individuals, families and communities to use the services the health system provides. Implementation depends above all on effective planning and management capacity, which must be strengthened at national and sub-national levels.

It also requires inter-sectoral action to address wider determinants of health outcomes. This session will

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consider critical factors and regional experience in achieving ‘more, better, faster’ in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Asia and the Pacific.

This interactive session will be structured around four themes: Discussants Service delivery models: Prof. Dr. Ali Ghufron Mukti, Vice Minister of Health Indonesia; Dr. Howard Sobel, Team Leader, Maternal and Child Health, WHO WPRO Policy and systems support: Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research; Kate Somers, Program Officer, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Addressing inequalities: UNICEF TBC; Romeo Arca, Manager, Advocacy & Public Affairs, IPPF, East, Southeast Asia & Oceania Multistakeholder action: Dr. Rajiv Tandon, Senior Advisor, Save the Children, India; Michael Schmitz, Secretariat, APEC Life Sciences Innovation Group  Parallel Session 3: Accountability and Advocacy Co-chair: H.E. Lyonpo Zangley Dukpa, Minister of Health, Bhutan Co-chair: Dr. Liz Mason, Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO Accountability for results and resources is critical to transparency and good governance. Combined with advocacy, it creates a conducive environment for the effective implementation and oversight of commitments and investment in women’s and children’s health. This session will review efforts to enhance accountability for women’s and children’s health in countries in Asia and the Pacific, including the role civil society coalitions are playing to hold duty-bearers to account at national and regional levels. It will also suggest ways in which accountability and advocacy can be used for remedy and action. The session considers the recommendations made by the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health and the independent Expert Review Group in its first annual report to the UN Secretary-General. The session will also review the role budget tracking plays for the effective and transparent use of resources and to ensure that pledges made at global conferences materialize in national health plans and programs. Drawing upon a policy framework in support of effective and adequately resourced interventions, and the assessments done for the country case studies, it will reflect upon the relevance of policy dialogue for health sector development and the application of legal frameworks for human rights. It will further explore how we can ensure that right to health is recognised as a fundamental right that people feel empowered to claim and how the role of Parliaments, CSOs and media to hold governments to account in terms of delivery of quality healthcare for all could be further developed. Topics discussed will include policy dialogue, country accountability frameworks, effective advocacy and human rights.

Speakers • Dr Nguyen Duc Vinh, Vice Director of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, Vietnam • Dr Farhana Ahmad, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance, Bangladesh • Golam Moula Rony, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh • Maria Ulfah Anshor, Commissioner, Indonesian Commission for Child Protection Parallel Session 4: Innovation

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Chair: Rajendra Gupta, Disease Management Association of India Although the potential for technology in health has been widely acknowledged, constraints continue to exist, including fragmentation of efforts, lack of funding, and problems in scaling up. How can we better coordinate in relation to mHealth and use of ICT, improving the coherence of our engagement with the private sector, countries, and with other stakeholders? How can encourage learning from successful examples of the use of mHealth and ICT, and start leveraging these technologies to accelerate progress towards MDGs 4 & 5?

Speakers • Dr. Alain Labrique, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health • Dr. Garrett Mehl, Scientist, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO • Dr. Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance • Dr. Kaosar Afsana, Director of Health, BRAC • Haitham El-noush, Senior Adviser, Innovation in Health and Development, Norad • Sandhya Rao, Senior Adviser, Private Sector Partnerships, USAID • Ramon Isberto, Public Affairs Head, Smart Communications, Philippines • Carlo Subido, Lead Business Development Manager Healthcare, Intel, Philippines • Dr. Portia Marcelo, Director, National Telehealth Center, Philippines • 12:30-14:00 – Lunch, WHO WPRO 14:00-15:00 – Plenary: Presentations from Parallel Sessions Co-chair: Dr Liz Mason, Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health, WHO Co-chair: Nobuko Horibe, Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA 15:00-15:30 – Tea/Coffee 15:30-16:30 – Closing Plenary: Action Plans and Next Steps Co-chair: Kul Gautam, Nepal Co-chair: Natalie Cohen, Director of Health Policy and Partnerships, AusAID 16:30-17:00 – Concluding Comments & Thanks Dr. Carole Presern, Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Dr Shin Young-soo, Regional Director, WHO WPRO

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WED. 7 NOVEMBER: BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS This half-day background briefing program will update participants on key topics and encourage background discussion to prepare participation in the two-day meeting to follow.

14:00-14:30: Mapping the RMNCH landscape in Asia and the Pacific Presenter: Ian Pett, Chief, Health Systems and Strategic Planning Programmes, UNICEF What is the latest data telling us about RMNCH in Asia and Pacific? A presentation based on the work of Countdown to 2015, the Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME), and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG).

14:30-15:00: Newborn health: a critical challenge for Asia and the Pacific Presenter: Dr. Ishtiaq Mannan, Save the Children Bangladesh Presenter: Dr. Howard Sobel, Team Leader, Maternal and Child Health, WHO WPRO Presenter: WHO-UNICEF child survival regional strategy Most countries have made some progress in reducing infection-related newborn deaths through innovative community-based approaches and increasing skilled birth attendance in the region.

Greater challenges are ahead to prevent and manage preterm birth complications and newborn asphyxia; this calls for more effective programming of evidence-based interventions, increasing early postnatal care for all newborns, strengthening health systems for sick newborn care, and improving widespread disparities in utilization of newborn health care.

15:00-16:00: Beyond 2015: A Consultation on Shaping the Post-2015 Agenda Co-chair: James Gilling, Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, Australia Co-chair: Dr Carole Presern, Director, PMNCH Presenter: Dr. Susann Roth, Senior Social Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank Earlier this year, the UN Secretary-General summarized recent progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and made recommendations to advance consultations towards a post-2015 development agenda. This session will present ADB/ESCAP/UNDP's MDG partnership's support to formulating Asia-Pacific specific perspectives of the post-2015 development agenda process. The session will also solicit views to formulate the Asia-Pacific perspectives of the post-2015 development agenda.

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16:30 -17:30 Parallel thematic sessions 16:00-17:30 Regional and national advocacy coalitions to strengthen RMNCH investment, implementation and accountability Chair: Michel Anglade, Campaigns and Advocacy Director Asia, Save the Children Presenter: Romeo Arca, Manager, Advocacy & Public Affairs, IPPF, East, Southeast Asia & Oceania Presenter: Dr Farhana Ahmad, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance, Bangladesh This session will discuss opportunities to establish an Asia-Pacific advocacy coalition to facilitate exchange of information between national advocacy networks and to add a level of regional accountability and action on women’s and children’s health.

16:00-17:30:The Impact of MNCH Private Expenditure on Poverty and Inequality Co-chair: Patricia Moser, Lead Health Specialist, Asian Development Bank Co-chair: Natalie Cohen, Director, Health Policy and Partnerships, AusAID Presenter: Dr. Ravi Rannan-Eliya, Director, Institute of Health Policy, Sri Lanka Discussant: Dr. Ke Xu, Team Leader Health Financing, WHO WPRO This session will present the key findings from a regional AusAID and Asian Development Bank cofinanced study that investigates the magnitude of out-of-pocket spending on maternal and child health in five Asia-Pacific countries and the impact on poverty and equity.

16:00-17:30: mHealth and ICTs in addressing health systems challenges Introduction Dr. Alain Labrique, Assistant Prof, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dr. Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance Speakers Hewlett Packard Ritu Ghosh, Government Relations Specialist, South Asia, Hewlett Packard Sushil Bhatla, Manager, India Initiatives, Sustainability and Social Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Dimagi Stella Luk, Senior Field Manager, West Africa Interactive Research & Development Aamir Khan, Executive Director Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) Sandhya Rao, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Partnerships, USAID National Telehealth Centre, University of the Philippines, Manila Dr. Portia Fernandez-Marcelo, Director

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Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobile devices have been deployed across the health sector in several countries to a) systematically address deficiencies in information availability, service delivery, and accountability; and b) enhance productivity and improve resource allocation. This session will highlight some successful experiences in showcasing how these technologies have been adopted, discussing the conditions under which their utilization can be maximized.

16:00-17:30: Linking research institutions to provide evidence support for policy and programmes Co-chair and presenter: Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research Co-chair and presenter: Dr. Andres de Francisco, Deputy Director, Parntership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Presenter: Dr. Dileep Mavalanker, Dean, Indian Institute of Public Health at Gandhinagar and Vice President, Public Health Foundation of India Presenter: Roberto Taobada, GSK Philippines, President and Managing director Research and evidence support are essential inputs into programme development, implementation and evaluation. Researchers and policy makers frequently do not interact and work separately missing thereby the opportunity to improve health programmes with the use of evidence. A more structured interaction among policy makers and research networks in the Asia Pacific Region has been identified as a possible way to ensure such link.This session will review main outcomes of the Second Symposium on Health Policy Research held recently in Beijing and explore ways to strengthen research cooperation in the region. Presentations will also include an overview of the recently launched WHO Global Strategy on Health Systems Research and its implications for the region.

Meeting of coordinating committee members 17:30-18:00 Preparatory meeting for presenters and facilitators, 8-9 November meeting 18:00-18:30

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