Slide Decks & Presentations

Grand Convergence Technical Keynote

Helen Saxenian

September 26, 2016

A keynote presentation on the four key messages of the Commission on Investing in Health by Helen Saxenian in Rabat, Morocco at the African Health Economics and Policy Association 4th Biennial Scientific Conference.

The Grand Convergence and Country Graduation from International Funding Mechanisms: Fiscal Implications for Health in Africa with a Focus on Ghana and Kenya

Helen Saxenian

September 27, 2016

A presentation by Helen Saxenian in Rabat, Morocco at the African Health Economics and Policy Association 4th Biennial Scientific Conference.

Graduation of Ghana and Kenya to Lower-Middle Income Status: Fiscal Implications for Health Financing

Justice Nonvignon, Jacob Novignon, Genevieve C. Aryeetey

September 27, 2016

A presentation by three AfHEA affiliated researchers on the fiscal policy implications and opportunities for domestic resource mobilization in Ghana and Kenya as both countries transition to LMIC status.

Implications for Health Financing Policy in Ghana: Policy Options for Ghana to Achieve a Grand

Benjamin Nyakutsey

September 27, 2016

A presentation by Ghana Ministry of Health representative Benjamin Nyakutsey in which Mr. Nyakutsey offers a policy response to recent fiscal analysis conducted by a team of CIH and AfHEA affiliated researchers.

The Inclusive Cost of Pandemic Influenza Risk

Dean T. Jamison

May 11, 2016

A presentation by Dean Jamison at the University of California, San Francisco on the potential cost of pandemic influenza.

G7 and Global Health Webinar
Gavin Yamey

April 20, 2016

A presentation by Gavin Yamey on new analyses of the G7’s development assistance for health, the implications of the G7’s health investments, Japan’s agenda for universal health coverage, and global health advocacy efforts in the run-up to the May 2016 G7 Ise-Shima Summit.

“Grand Convergence” R&D Launch Event

Larry Peiperl, Soumya Swaminathan, Stephan Duprac, Cyril Engmann, Harish Iyer

March 3, 2016

A launch event for the PLOS Collection on global health innovation, Grand Convergence: Aligning Technologies and Realities in Global Health, at the 17th Annual International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Distinguished panelists included Soumya Swaminathan (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India and Indian Council of Medical Research), Stephan Duprac (Medicines for Malaria Venture), Cyril Engmann (PATH), and Harish Iyer (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).

Learning from Other Countries: Significance of Investing in Health for Economic Growth and Social Development

Helen Saxenian

July 28 2015

Presentation at the 2015 Myanmar Health Forum.

Swedish development assistance for health – poverty seminar

Gavin Yamey, Helen Saxenian, and Hester Kuipers (IAVI)

March 19, 2015

Presentation at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) on Sweden’s options to support Global Health 2035 goals, findings related to financing and poverty, and the role of research and development.

Swedish development assistance for health – health seminar

Gavin Yamey and Marco Schäferhoff (SEEK Development)

March 19, 2015

Presentation at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) on a new framework to analyze development assistance for health and initial findings on Swedish aid.

Global Health 2035 at the 9th Conference on Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC)

Gavin Yamey

March 18, 2015

Presentation during the GLOBVAC conference, Symposium 12, Health Research for All: what should the post-2015 development agenda deliver in global health research and innovation?

Achieving a grand convergence in global health (Oslo CSO workshop)

Gavin Yamey

March 18, 2015

Slides from a roundtable discussion with Norwegian civil society organizations, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Achieving a grand convergence in women’s health by 2035

Gavin Yamey

February 11, 2015

Presentation at the United Nations Inaugural World Women’s Health and Development Forum on the implications of Global Health 2035 for women’s health.

Global Health 2035 India launch

Dean Jamison

February 2 2015

Presentation to representatives from the Ministry of Health, international agencies, and Indian civil society organizations and academics.

Investing in health: opportunities to achieve dramatic global health gains by 2035

Dean Jamison, Gavin Yamey

November 24, 2014

Briefing with the Mexican Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance outlining implications of Global Health 2035 for Mexico’s health investments.

Swedish policy options in support of Global Health 2035 goals

Gavin Yamey, Jesper Sundewall

November 7, 2014

Seminar with the Expert Group for Aid Studies on opportunities for Sweden to align its health aid with global priorities and needs.

Quantifying the Sustainable Development Goal for Health

Gavin Yamey

October 23, 2014

Briefing at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations on two approaches to design a measurable, evidence-based SDG for health.

The four major themes of Global Health 2035

Gavin Yamey

April 1-2, 2014

Briefing for the Duke Global Health Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laying out the four key findings of the Global Health 2035 report.

Global Health 2035: implications for economic policy

Lawrence H. Summers

February 12, 2014

International Monetary Fund briefing outlining the implications of Global Health 2035 for economic policy.

Towards a grand convergence in Global Health: what convergence means for health after 2015

Margaret Kruk, Gavin Yamey, Agnes Binagwaho, Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Srinath Reddy

January 16, 2014

Briefing at the United Nations summarizing the impacts of convergence, Rwanda’s experience reducing avertable mortality, the role of international development assistance in achieving convergence, and pro-poor pathways to universal health coverage.

Report launch slide decks

Overview of The Lancet Global Health 2035 report

The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health
Summarizes key messages and findings of the Global Health 2035 report.

Achieving a ‘Grand Convergence’ in global health

Dean Jamison

Lays out opportunities for both national governments and the international community to support achievement of a grand convergence in global health.

Financing Global Health 2035: sources of revenue and options for cost control

Sanjeev Gupta

Outlines incremental costs needed to finance Global Health 2035 and options to curb cost escalation.

Progressive pathways to universal health coverage

David Evans

Presents progressive pathways to universal health coverage (UHC) and financial risk protection, and addresses two pathways that cannot lead to UHC (i.e., voluntary insurance and catastrophic insurance).

Cost-effective interventions to curb non-communicable diseases and injury

Gavin Yamey

Summarizes packages of cost-effective, population-based and clinical interventions that could reduce premature illnesses and death due to non-communicable diseases and injuries.