WORKSHOP AGENDA - Health Equity - Research to Action - 23rd

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WORKSHOP AGENDA
LATIN AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
(GEGA PROJECTS IN CHILE, ECUADOR, PERU AND GUATEMALA)

THEME: Health Equity - Research to Action
Cuenca, Ecuador 23rd - 24th July 2005

OBJECTIVES:

Introduce workshop participants to a strategic approach in reducing inequities in health (GEGA approach)
Introducing participants to a stepwise approach to measuring inequities using routine/secondary data available in all countries.
Presenting the experience of 4 Latin American countries in applying the GEGA approach.
Establishing first contact and exchange of experience towards expanding the Latin American alliance for equity in health.

TIME	TOPIC	CONTENTS
Day 1
8:00 8:15	Welcome	Representative from Ecuador and GEGA Headquarters
8:15 8:45	Introducing participants and expectations	Each participants introducing himself/herself and commenting of his/her expectations for this workshop.
8:45 9:00	Answers to expectations and basic rules for the workshop	Facilitators explain which expectations may be addressed by the workshop and inform on basic rules: participation during group-work and plenary, starting time, breaks, etc.
9:00 10:00	Exploring participants experience with key concepts. Group work # 1	Equito/equality Inequity/inequality Vertical and horizontal equity Equity in health and equity in health care.
10:00 10:20	BREAK
10:20 11:00	Group-work continues
11:00 11:45	Presenting group-work, discussion and agreements on concepts
11:45 12:45	Approaches in working to reduce health inequities (1)	Human rights based approach Promotion of Citizenship approach
13:00 14:00	LUNCH
14:00 15:00	Approaches in working to reduce health inequities (2)	GEGA (compatible with rights and citizenship based approaches.)
15:00 16:00	Brief revision of measuring and monitoring methods	Developed countries (gini and others advantages/disadvantages for developing countries) Developing countries (limitantions related to quality and availability of info and costing. Need of identifying methods for a resource constrained context)
16:00 16:20	BREAK
16:20 17:20	Measuring tools that use routine/secondary information	Ratio rates, ratio gaps, Índex of priority and resources Advantages/disadvantages
17:20 17:30	Summary of the day
Day 2
8:30 10:40	Step by step approach to measure inequities	Selecting stratifiers Selecting indicators and methods Applying measuring methods Presenting findings to different audiences (key step to make findings relevant)
10:40 11:00	BREAK
11:00 12:00	Applying a strategic approach to inequity reduction	4 strategic lines: Research Institutional strengthening (including human resources) Strengthening of political and legal framework Strengthening citizens’ participation Advocacy, empowerment and alliances cross-cut the 4 strategic lines.
12:00 13:00	Cross-cutting strategies	Advocacy, empowerment and alliances
13:00 14:00	LUNCH
14:00 16:30	Case studies in applying the 3 pillars	Chile (influence at national level) Peru ( Ecuador (working at the local level, empowering women’s organizations) Guatemala (developing measuring tools and empowering health authorities, NGO’s)
16:30 17:00	BREAK
17:00 17:20	Summary of learning	Key messages related to learning, skills and tools addressed during the workshop
17:20 17:30	CLOSURE	Next steps

Please note that workshop will be held in Spanish language. Translation will not be available.