ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

SESSION 1 (Plenary): Setting the scene Chairs: Helen Schneider (UWC) and Fareed Abdullah (SAMRC)

Welcome/opening/contextualise – Helen Schneider (UWC)Opening address – Anban Pillay (NDOH)

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SESSION 2 (Plenary): Health Financing – Critical considerations for public and private sector reform Moderator: Fareed Abdullah (SAMRC)

Presentations:- Overview of health �nancing reform in South Africa – John Ataguba (UCT)- Understanding private sector regulation – Shivani Ranchod (PERCEPT)- Understanding the package of care – Susan Cleary (UCT)- The National Health Insurance Bill – Nicholas Crisp (NDOH)

Debate on What are the most critical design and implementation considerations for NHI as a health �nancing reform? – Nicholas Crisp (NDOH), Anban Pillay (NDOH), Marumo Maake (National Treasury), John Ataguba (UCT) and Thulani Matsebula (World Bank)

SESSION 3 (Plenary): People at the frontline of UHCModerator: Mosa Moshabela (UKZN)

Presentations:- What skills mix, and human resource team required for the contracting unit for primary health care (CUP)? Evidence from Tshwane – Tessa Marcus (UP)- Models of contracting private GPs in NHI pilot sites: Implications for the future NHI – Linda Mureithi (HST)- Frontline nurses’ retention and UHC: Lessons from a longitudinal cohort study – Prudence Ditlopo (WITS)- Reconceptualizing health professions education for UHC in South Africa – Jimmy Volmink (SU)

Discussant: Eric Buch (UP)

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMEProgramme Director: Fareed Abdullah (SAMRC)

DAY 1: Thursday, 21 November 2019

SESSION 4 (Parallel): Reforming the District Health System: information for decision-makingModerators: René English (SU) and Tamara Kredo (Cochrane SA)

Presentations:- Assessing data capturer behavioural factors that are relevant to the Health Information System: A perspective from Primary Healthcare clinics in Johannesburg - Eddie Sampier (Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital)- Data Utilisation for Decision-Making: A Case Study in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Health District - Tshegofatso Maimela (UP)- Motivations, opportunities and key success factors for a data harmonisation innovation in the Western Cape Province - Bey-Marrie Schmidt (Cochrane SA)- The role of information in Human Resources Management: Implications for sub-district and district decision-making -Verona Mathews (UWC)- Second generation HMIS: lessons learned in transitioning from aggregated to individuated data - Andrew Boulle (UCT)- Re-imagining data-use at various levels of the health system for strategic and operational decision making and planning - Gaurang Tanna (NDOH)- Measuring Universal Health Coverage: Implications for health information systems development in South Africa - Thulile Zondi (NDOH), Candy Day (HST)

SESSION 5 (Parallel): Social Accountability for UHCModerator: Virginia de Azevedo (CCT)

Presentations:- How to strengthen clinic committees and reorient the health system towards the community - Lesley London (UCT)- Innovative strategies for community participation in improving maternal health service provision in rural Eastern Cape health facilities - Martina Lembani (UWC)- The role of citizen journalism and the media in health system accountability, and information sharing - Sibongile Nkosi (Health-e)- The role of civil society in holding government accountable: what should be the focus for NHI? - Russel Rensburg (RHAP)

Reactions from:- Sibongile Zungu (Special Advisor, MoH)- Sasha Stevenson (Section 27)- Sibongile Tshabalala (TAC)- Thembisile Nogampulu (Nelson Mandela District Health Forum)

Closing remarks by Virginia de Azevedo (CCT)

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SESSION 6 (Plenary): From the ‘what’ to the ‘how’: a learning health system for implementationModerator: Mkhululi Lukhele (Gauteng DOH) TBC

Panelists: Krish Vallabhjee (WC DOH), Konrad Motlhabane (NW DOH), Tracey Naledi (Tekano) and Lesley Robertson (Gauteng DOH/WITS)

COCKTAIL/SUPPER

Session 4 (Parallel): Reforming the District Health System: information for decision-makingModerators: René English (SU) and Tamara Kredo (Cochrane SA)

Presentations:- Assessing data capturer behavioural factors that are relevant to the Health Information System: A perspective from Primary Healthcare clinics in Johannesburg - Eddie Sampier (Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital)- Data Utilisation for Decision-Making: A Case Study in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Health District - Tshegofatso Maimela (UP)- Motivations, opportunities and key success factors for a data harmonisation innovation in the Western Cape Province - Bey-Marrie Schmidt (Cochrane SA)- The role of information in Human Resources Management: Implications for sub-district and district decision-making -Verona Mathews (UWC)- Second generation HMIS: lessons learned in transitioning from aggregated to individuated data - Andrew Boulle (UCT)- Lessons and re�ections on data for planning and decision-making: an NDOH perspective – Gaurang Tanna (NDOH)

Re�ections: Thulile Zondi (NDOH)

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Day 2: Friday, 22 November 2019

SESSION 7 (Plenary): Achieving high-quality universal health coverage: Complexities and ContestationsModerator: Laetitia Rispel (WITS)

Presentation:- Lessons learned from quality improvement in priority health programmes: What implications for research and practice? – Yogan Pillay (NDOH)- Overview of SA Lancet Commission’s key diagnostic �ndings and recommendations – Rajesh Patel (HCF), Lilian Dudley (SU) and Thulani Masilela (SA Presidency)

Discussants: Siphiwe Mndaweni (OHSC), Vusi Nhlapo (SAMA) and Daphney Conco (WITS)

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SESSION 8 (Parallel): Leadership and Management for UHC Moderator: Lucy Gilson (UCT)

Presentations:- A leadership development intervention with PHC managers & factors that enable and/or constrain e�ective leadership and management - Nonhlanhla Nxumalo (WITS)- Thinking about district management collective capacity – both in times of change and in the everyday routines - Marsha Orgill (UCT)- PHC and sub-district managers’ perceptions and experiences of introducing health innovations into health facilities - Carrie Brooke-Sumner (SAMRC)

Discussants: Beth Engelbrecht (WC DOH)

SESSION 9 (Parallel): Supply Side Regulatory Challenges for UHCModerator: Judith Cornell (Independent)

Presentations:- Caesarean Sections in South Africa: A case study of the health systems challenges for the NHI – Emmanuelle Daviaud (SAMRC)- Case study on the quality and e�ciency of public and private primary care providers in South Africa: implications for oversight and regulation – Duane Blaauw (WITS)- An overview of supplier side problems and recommendations from the Competition Commission Health Market Inquiry and how they should be taken forward – Lungiswa Nkonki (SU)- Key provider regulatory changes required for UHC in South Africa – Reno Morar (UCT)- Identifying the research and action priorities – Judith Cornell (Independent)- What did we learn? Points to take forward – Judith Cornell (Independent)

SESSION 10 (Plenary): Re�ections on the two days and way forwardModerator: Edith Madela-Mntla (NHRC)

Panelists: Asha George (UWC), Gail Andrews (NDOH), Sinesipho Nwosu (PHM) and Moeketsi Modisenyane (PHASA / NDOH)

LUNCH

CLOSING SESSION:Chair: Glenda Gray (SAMRC)

Summary of National Dialogue: Fareed Abdullah (SAMRC)Keynote address: The Honourable Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize

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