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October 28, 2008
III Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics: Cuban Society of Health Economics (Sociedad Cubana de Economía de la Salud, SCES)
Location: Havana, Cuba
Dates: October 28-31 2008
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Presidents: José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera & Roberto Verrier Castro
Vice-Presidents: Pedro Hidalgo Prado, Osvaldo Castro Miranda & Blanca Rosa Pampin Balado
Chair Scientific Committee: Ana María Gálvez González
CONTACTS
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION:
Manuel Alvarez Muñiz
Organizing Committee Coordinator
Email: malvarezm@infomed.sld.cu
HOTEL BOOKING:
Vivian Calzado
HAVANATUR
Email: viviancalzado@havanatur.cu
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF:
- Asociación Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba (ANECC)
- Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (MINSAP)
- Sociedad Cubana de Economía de la Salud (SCES)
- Asociación Brasileña de Economía de la Salud
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud de Argentina
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud de Chile
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud del Uruguay
- Centro para el Control Estatal de los Medicamentos (CECMED) de Cuba
- Agencia de Vigilancia Sanitaria (ANVISA) de Brasil.
- Organización Panamericana de la Salud
- Escuela Nacional de Salud Publica de Cuba
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND:
THE III LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CONGRESS ON HEALTH ECONOMICS is a continuation to its two former congresses held in Brazil (2004) and Argentina (2006). Now, the main subject of the congress will be “The Role of Health Economics, as a means to face the health needs of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples, within the framework of solidarity and integration processes”. Cuban experience in these subjects is quite large and rewarding, expecting therefore this congress will result satisfactory to criteria exchange, in benefit both to the Economists as well as to the Health Specialists, regarding an integrating and socializing approach.
At the same time will take place the “FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP OF REGULATION AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SANITARY TECHNOLOGIES”, bearing the objective of promoting the exchange of viewpoints, experiences, knowledge and projects over pharmaceutical market regulations, price control of medicaments and the application of pharmacy-economy in the decision-making process.
CONFERENCE SUBJECTS:
- Health Economy involving the Latin-American Integration Process.
- Public Financing and State Involvement.
- Planning and Resources Management and Control.
- Health Economic Efficiency.
- Health Services Financing.
- Planning and Management of Health Services Personnel.
- Personnel Forming in Health Economics
- National Pharmaceutical Policies and Economic Regulation of Medicaments.
ATTENDANTS PROFILES:
Professionals, technicians and personnel linked to Health Economics and related disciplines. Also, professionals and health technicians interested in Health Economics and Economic Evaluation of Sanitary Technologies
THE SCIENTIFIC SCHEDULE OF THE CONGRESS WILL CONSIST ON FOUR MODALITIES:
- Conferences.
- Round-table conference over the same subject.
- Free themes.
- Posters.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Applicants interested in presenting their expositions in any of the afore mentioned modalities, are to send them (preferably finished), prior to June 30th, 2008 for its approval, to the President of the Scientific Committee:
Dra. C. Ana María Gálvez González
galveza@infomed.sld.cu
econ@ensap.sld.cu
In case of summaries, the following scheme is recommended:
- Introduction
- Objective
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions.
Names of authors and co-authors are to be included. The name of the expositor of the paper to be presented must be highlighted within the names of the authors and co-authors. The corresponding acknowledgement of receipt will be sent in due time.
PUBLICATION:
All works accepted will be mentioned in the relevant CD of the Congress
REGISTRATION FEE
Delegate: 250.00 CUC
Accompany: 60.00 CUC
