L4 LUNCH WORKSHOP
Organised by the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
In April 2013 the Government of Norway hosted a WHO High-Level Meeting in Oslo on “Health systems in times of global economic crisis: an update of the situation in the WHO European Region”.
The objective of this session is to review the latest evidence on the impact of the economic crisis on population health and on health systems in the WHO European Region, particularly in the following broad areas:
During the workshop we will present the policy lessons and recommendations from the High Level Meeting. These will have been discussed at the WHO Regional Committee in Izmir, Turkey, September 2013 by the 53 WHO European Member States.
Policy lessons and recommendations of the WHO High-Level Meeting in Oslo
Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Health financing policy in times of economic crisis
Tamás Evetovits, Acting Head, WHO Barcelona Office
Panel discussion
Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Clive Needle, Director, EuroHealthNet
Giulia Del Brenna, EU Task Force for Greece, ECFIN
Gediminas Cerniauskas, Vice Minister of Health, Lithuania
Facilitation
Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Office for Europe