NEWS & EVENTS

2019 JLN Global Meeting

JLN Network Manager

The 2019 Global Meeting of the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) will be graciously hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain on December 2-7, 2019.

The global meeting will convene representatives from the network’s 34 member countries and development partners to deepen relationships and discuss discrete challenges and opportunities facing the JLN.

Since the JLN’s last Global Meeting, hosted by Malaysia in July 2016, much has changed. The JLN Strategy 2018-2022 was launched, membership has expanded, new learning priorities were identified, and global momentum for universal health coverage has grown. In 2019, the time is right for another global meeting.

Contact the JLN Network Manager for more information and any questions by emailing [email protected].

Provisional Agenda

Monday, December 2 | DRM and Efficiency Collaborative Meetings

 

Tuesday, December 3 | DRM and Efficiency Collaborative Meetings
19:00-21:00 Global Meeting Welcome Reception/Social (attendance optional)

 

Wednesday, December 4 | Global Meeting Day 1
07:30-08:30 Breakfast & Registration
08:30-10:00 Welcome & Opening

  • Master of Ceremonies – Dr. Mohammed Al-Shaaban, Chief of Health Policies and Programs, Supreme Council of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Opening Ceremony – Holy Quran
  • Welcome Speech and Formal Opening – H.E Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman, Supreme Council of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Ms. Modupe Ogundimu, Convener, JLN Steering Group
  • Dr. Kamiar Khajavi, Executive Director, JLN Network Manager
  • Group Photo
10:00-10:30 Health Break
10:30-11:15 Celebrating the Joint Learning Network

  • Dr. Adolfo Martínez Valle, Co-Convener, JLN Steering Group
  • Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, Co-Convener, JLN Steering Group
  • Dr. Kamiar Khajavi, Executive Director, JLN Network Manager
11:15-12:45 The JLN’s Technical Priorities

  • Vertical Integration
  • Primary Health Care Financing and Payment
  • Population Targeting
  • Private Sector Engagement
  • Efficiency
  • Domestic Resource Mobilization
  • Data Foundations
  • Person-Centered Integrated Care
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:15 Keynote Speaker

  • Ir. Tubagus Achmad Choesni, Chairperson, Dewan Jaminan Sosial Nasional (DJSN)
14:15-14:45 Deepening and Expanding the JLN’s Agenda to Other Critical Health Systems Topics (Lightning Talks)

  • Effective and efficient strategies to manage the non-communicable disease epidemic
  • Medicines and universal health coverage
  • Reimagining primary health care
  • Quality improvement
14:45-15:15 Health Break
15:15-17:45 Deepening and Expanding the JLN’s Agenda to Other Critical Health Systems Topics (Mini-Learning Exchanges)

  • Effective and efficient strategies to manage the non-communicable disease epidemic
  • Medicines and universal health coverage
  • Reimagining primary health care
  • Quality improvement
17:45-18:00 Day 1 Wrap-up & Closing
19:00-21:30 Gala Dinner

 

Thursday, December 5 | Global Meeting Day 2
08:00-09:00 Breakfast and Morning Check-in
09:00-09:15 Welcome Back

  • Dr. Kamiar Khajavi, Executive Director, JLN Network Manager
09:15-10:30 Report-out on Deepening and Expanding the JLN’s Agenda to Other Critical Health Systems Topics
10:30-11:00 Health Break
11:00-11:30 UHC2030 Knowledge Hub Taxonomy & Feedback

  • Dr. Somil Nagpal, Senior Health Specialist, Global Practice on Health, Nutrition, and Population, The World Bank
11:30-12:30 Bahrain’s UHC Experience

Moderator

  • Dr. Mohamed Al-Shaaban, Chief of Health Policies and Programs, Supreme Council of Health

Speakers

  • H.E Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman, Supreme Council of Health
  • Mr. Ebrahim Al Nawakhtha, Secretary General, Supreme Council of Health
  • Dr. Manal Al Alawi, Assistant Undersecretary for Primary Care, Ministry of Health
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Universal Health Coverage Advances across the Network

Moderator

  • Dr. Somil Nagpal, Senior Health Specialist, Global Practice on Health, Nutrition, and Population, The World Bank

Speakers

  • Ms. Modupe Ogundimu, General Manager, Enforcement, National Health Insurance Scheme, Nigeria
  • Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, Chief Executive, National Health Insurance Authority, Ghana
  • Dr. Phuong Khanh Nguyen, Head of Health Economics Department, Health Strategy and Policy
    Institute, Vietnam
15:00-15:30 Health Break
15:30-17:00 Lessons and Opportunities for Adapting and Implementing JLN Knowledge
17:00-18:00 Reflection and Closing Remarks

  • Mr. Ebrahim Al Nawakhtha, Secretary General, Supreme Council of Health
  • Dr. Kamiar Khajavi, Executive Director, JLN Network Manager

 

Friday, December 6 | In-Person Steering Group Meetings (invitation only)

 

Saturday, December 7 | In-Person Steering Group Meetings (invitation only)