» Presentations http://www.rhvouchers.org evaluating reproductive health voucher programs globally Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:37:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Register for SHOPS & mHealth Alliance eConference May 5th http://www.rhvouchers.org/2010/05/last-call-for-shops-mhealth-alliance-online-conference/ http://www.rhvouchers.org/2010/05/last-call-for-shops-mhealth-alliance-online-conference/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 12:05:34 +0000 Ben http://www.rhvouchers.org/?p=861

The USAID Strengthening Health Outcomes through Private Sector (SHOPS) and mHealth Alliance is currently showcasing a Pre-Conference Hall of their inaugural annual e-Conference that seeks to advance private sector innovations in the sustainable provision and use of quality family planning/ reproductive health products and services.

Registration is still open for the May 5 event. [...]]]>

The USAID Strengthening Health Outcomes through Private Sector (SHOPS) and mHealth Alliance is currently showcasing a Pre-Conference Hall of their inaugural annual e-Conference that seeks to advance private sector innovations in the sustainable provision and use of quality family planning/ reproductive health products and services.

Registration is still open for the May 5 event. Highlights will include panel presentations from Grameen Foundation, Pesinet, Catholic Relief Services, Millennium Villages Project, and other mHealth implementers throughout Africa and Asia. Be sure to check out the chat sessions and the resource center.

Ben Bellows (Population Council) and Melissa Ho (University of California, Berkeley) are giving a presentation on the use of a bulk short message service (SMS) in the KfW funded Uganda OBA program.  The bulk SMS platform is intended to improve communication between 150 contracted providers, voucher distributors and the Marie Stopes management offices in Mbarara and Kampala.

Register to learn more about how you can collect and share more timely and accurate field health information, reach your target beneficiaries with personalized text messages and help health workers improve treatment quality at the point of care. Participation requires only internet connectivity.

More information about the eConference

You can also visit the Global Health Ideas blog for a text version of the original announcement

]]> http://www.rhvouchers.org/2010/05/last-call-for-shops-mhealth-alliance-online-conference/feed/ 0 Join Us! Online Chat: OBA and Vouchers, March 19th http://www.rhvouchers.org/2009/03/join-us-online-chat-oba-and-vouchers-march-19th/ http://www.rhvouchers.org/2009/03/join-us-online-chat-oba-and-vouchers-march-19th/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:46:35 +0000 Ben http://oba-uganda.net/?p=95 On March 19th I will be participating in an online conversation about output-based aid hosted by Abt Associates on the PSP-One Project. Output-based aid (OBA) financially empowers patients to make choices about where they receive their healthcare and incentivizes providers to deliver high quality services. The management of OBA systems builds institutional capacity to provide cost-effective [...]]]> On March 19th I will be participating in an online conversation about output-based aid hosted by Abt Associates on the PSP-One Project. Output-based aid (OBA) financially empowers patients to make choices about where they receive their healthcare and incentivizes providers to deliver high quality services. The management of OBA systems builds institutional capacity to provide cost-effective care to targeted populations. However, OBA is by no means a panacea to what ails health systems in low-income countries. Join in on the discussion to find out more! Once again it is March 19th:

9:30 am Eastern (United States)
1:30 pm (13:30) Greenwich Mean Time
2:30 pm West Africa Time Zone
3:30 pm Central Africa Time Zone
4:30 pm East Africa Time Zone

If you would like to receive details about the chat or would like to suggest questions for discussion, please email the organizers at: n4a@abtassoc.com. You will need to register beforehand on the Network for Africa. Registration takes 30 seconds at the following link: http://www.conferences.icohere.com/vouchers

]]> http://www.rhvouchers.org/2009/03/join-us-online-chat-oba-and-vouchers-march-19th/feed/ 0 OBA presentations at the Global Health Conference in DC, May 27th and 29th http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/oba-presentations-at-the-global-health-conference-in-dc-may-27th-and-29th/ http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/oba-presentations-at-the-global-health-conference-in-dc-may-27th-and-29th/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 08:10:41 +0000 Ben http://oba-uganda.net/oba-presentations-at-the-global-health-conference-in-dc-may-27th-and-29th/

There will [...]]]> I’m leaving Berkeley early to hike a short segment of the Appalachian Trail this Memorial Day weekend before next week’s conference. The Global Health Conference starts Tuesday the 27th and runs through Saturday. If any readers will be DC then and want to meet up, drop a line on the comment space below.

There will be two presentations on OBA in East Africa. Tuesday 3-5pm Claus Janisch will talk about the Kenya OBA program for targeted subsidies for antenatal and maternal delivery services. Look for the panel A2: “Getting Creative: Innovative Models for Health Care Financing“.

Thursday 2:30-4:30 Richard Lowe presents the eponymous Uganda OBA program’s “Output-Based Aid Program to Treat Sexually Transmitted Infections in Uganda”. Not sure why it’s currently booked in the “Chronic Disease” roundtable section; it’s scheduled for the Ambassador Ballroom (hotel map). I’ll update this post if the room changes.

Readers may be interested too checking out the Abt Associates’ Private Sector panel scheduled 1-4:30pm Tuesday.

The THDblog is planning to cover the GHC throughout the week and I may cross-post some. Check back for updates.
]]> http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/oba-presentations-at-the-global-health-conference-in-dc-may-27th-and-29th/feed/ 0 PSP-One social marketing conference presentation http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/psp-one-social-marketing-conference-presentation/ http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/psp-one-social-marketing-conference-presentation/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 08:31:53 +0000 Ben http://oba-uganda.net/?p=39 This is a follow-up post of supplemental material to the PSP-One social marketing conference held online in mid-March. It attracted a great deal of interest; 900 people registered for the conference and there were 870+ page views of the Panel 2 presentations alone. Linked here is the audio-enhanced slide presentation of the social marketing activities in the [...]]]> This is a follow-up post of supplemental material to the PSP-One social marketing conference held online in mid-March. It attracted a great deal of interest; 900 people registered for the conference and there were 870+ page views of the Panel 2 presentations alone. Linked here is the audio-enhanced slide presentation of the social marketing activities in the Uganda OBA project. 

And for speakers of Runyakole… here’s an mp3 of the social marketing radio adverts currently heard on Vision Radio, Radio West, Rwenzori West, Ankole Radio, and Endigito FM in western Uganda.  For non-Runyakole speakers, listen for the children singing “voucha, voucha” in the opening.

]]> http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/psp-one-social-marketing-conference-presentation/feed/ 0 Bristol presentation a success http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/bristol-presentation-a-success/ http://www.rhvouchers.org/2008/05/bristol-presentation-a-success/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 16:49:36 +0000 Ben http://oba-uganda.net/bristol-presentation-a-success/ Anna Gorter (consultant with the Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud) recently gave a talk on competitive vouchers to the University of Bristol’s social medicine seminar. Attached is a PDF of [...]]]> Anna Gorter (consultant with the Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud) recently gave a talk on competitive vouchers to the University of Bristol’s social medicine seminar. Attached is a PDF of the slides.

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