The IHEA congress, held every second year, is the only global forum for health economists to engage around the latest methodological developments, present recent research findings and explore the implications of this research for health policy and practice. The IHEA congress includes...

The Conference will include invited plenary debates and panel discussions on population and sustainable development issues as well as over 240 scientific sessions featuring the results of recent research from around the globe. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics including international...

The central theme of this Conference is Innovation to reduce poverty and inequalities for inclusive and sustainable development. Some of the issues to be discussed in the conference include innovation in the health sector in the face of current challenges and opportunities for inclusive and...

In 2012 the South African government embarked on what is anticipated to be a 14-year implementation process for National Health Insurance (NHI) through the launch of a NHI pilot programme in ten districts. In anticipation of the further roll-out of NHI , Economic Research South Africa (ERSA)...

The choice of theme itself has and will affect programme of Forum 2009. In addition to traditional plenary sessions, which allow world visionaries to share their understanding of innovating for the health of all, we are planning different types of sessions – or un-sessions – so as to be as...