Universal Health Coverage and health-system strengthening
Leadership, governance, information, workforce, technologies and services were considered as connected parts of one delivery system.
24–26 January 2018 · CUEA, Nairobi
Crowding in finance for the health system.
iiHSDPF connected Universal Health Coverage to domestic financing, county project pipelines, health-workforce capability, service delivery and practical public-private partnership pathways.
Forum summary
From UHC ambition to financed county delivery.
The second HSDPF brought national and county health leadership together with development partners, finance institutions, private providers, professional bodies and academia. The discussion focused on how counties could translate health priorities into investable programmes, stronger services and sustainable delivery arrangements.
Contributors included Dr Githinji Gitahi on the UHC agenda; Ministry of Health leaders across financing, technologies, workforce, governance, service delivery and information; the National Treasury PPP Unit and World Bank Group on county project pipelines; Dr Elizabeth Wala and Amref Health Africa on workforce and specialist-service partnerships; Development Partners for Health in Kenya on coordination; and private-sector contributors including Dr Amit Thakker.
iiHSDPF placed finance, capability and institutional follow-through behind Universal Health Coverage.
The forum connected policy priorities to county-level project preparation, partnerships and service-delivery action.
Principal themes
A concise view of the forum.
The full timetable is retained in the archive, while this public page presents the programme at a useful strategic level.
Domestic finance and county PPP pipelines
Public finance, additional-finance facilities and public-private partnerships were linked to county infrastructure and service priorities.
Workforce and service partnerships
County needs were connected to specialist services, workforce development, private-provider capability and implementation partnerships.
Outcomes and follow-through
Institutional conversations moved beyond the forum.
Selected outcomes that continued into county and partner activity.
Priority needs and PPP-node capability
Counties advanced the registration of health PPP needs and strengthened the focal structures required to organise and progress project pipelines.
World Bank Group–county financing pathway
Deliberations supported the emergence of a direct World Bank–county government financing mechanism within the Transforming Health Systems for Universal Care Project.
Amref and county engagement
Health-workforce and specialist-service discussions opened routes for Amref and county governments to examine practical collaboration under county priorities.
Supporting document
iiHSDPF prospectus and archive.
The prospectus records the forum rationale, partnership model and financing orientation. Detailed programmes remain in the archive rather than on this summary page.