227745 Lessons on Health Administration from Overseas: An international perspective on health administration practice in developing countries

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH , MIDEGO, Fairfax, VA
     
Health administrators in in the US and in developing countries have to overcome political, financial, organizational, cultural and social barriers to ensure access to services. This panel will gather a number of professionals who work in developing countries and offer perspectives on how to deliver services in the most resource-constrained environments. The panel will allow participants to dicuss domestic and international issues and recommendations to advance leadership in health administration globally. Presenters are being confirmed now and may include case studies from Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, India, Angola, and Georgia.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Public health administration or related administration
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will discuss various approaches to improve health administration in developing countries. 2. Participants will be able to list a number of practices that may apply to US health administration. 3. Participants will be able to discuss recommendations to improve health administration globally.

Keywords: Access and Services, Hospitals

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked to improve health administration in developing countries for more than 20 years
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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