"Public-private sector participation
in health development"
August 6 to 7, 2003
Mindanao Ballroom
Westin Philippine Plaza
Roxas Boulevard, Manila
What is the Health Research for Action National Forum?
The Health Research for Action National Forum is a venue for research dissemination and utilization, where participants exchange ideas and experiences for better and more responsive policies and evidence-based decisions for the health sector.
With “Bridging the gap of health inequities through research,” as its theme, the Forum has two objectives: (1) to create a shared systematic information on recently-completed health researches, and (2) to identify policy implications to achieve greater efficiency and equity in the provision and financing of health services in the Philippines.
Topics of general interest are presented in plenary sessions, while special researches are presented in parallel sessions and are clustered into main categories, such as health economics and health care financing, health systems and local health development, and health promotion and disease prevention and control.
Who participates in the Forum?
The Forum is attended by top-rank health managers; policy-makers; program implementers; experts from the academe, professional societies, research organizations, and non-health, health and related institutions both from the public and private sectors.
How many Fora have been held to date?
Three (3) Health Research for Action National Fora have already been held: the first on June 28-29, 2001; the second on December 5-7, 2001; the third on May 23-24, 2002.
What were taken up in the previous Fora?
The following topics were taken up in the plenary sessions of the previous fora:
First Forum: 1991-1999 Philippine national health accounts; implications of globalization on health service delivery in the Philippines; 2000 maternal and child health survey; 2000 family planning survey; 1998 national nutrition survey; and baseline survey for the national objectives for health
Second Forum: 2000 family income and expenditure survey; and health programmes and equity during devolution in the Philippines
Third Forum: Philippine poverty assessment; Filipino report card on pro-poor services; monitoring the health situation in the Philippines: SWS surveys 1989-2001; policy note on improving the poor’s access to affordable drugs; making PhilHealth policies more pro-poor; Philippine country study on meeting the millennium development goal; and Philippine national health accounts.