Proceedings

 

Thursday 8th October 2015

ARMCHAIR ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION 1: Universal Access to Health       (Requirements for achieving this goal)

Chair – Dr. Edward Greene

Ms. Claudette Francis – Civil Society/NGO

Dr. Amalia Del Reigo - PAHO 

Dr. Anton Cumberbatch -HEU 

Session 2: Economic And Social Perspectives around Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

Chair – Dr. Karen Sealey

Vyjanti Beharry – Cost Resistance, Risky Sexual Behaviour and HIV/AIDS

Stanley Lalta– Efficiency in Managing Chronic Diseases-- Comparison of Four (4) Prescription Drug Assistance Plans (PDAP’s)  in the Caribbean

Kimoy Worrell and Roger McLean – Getting to Stigma Free HIV Services  – The Case of St Kitts & Nevis

Gerard Hutchinson – The Socio Economic impact of a Mentally Stable Society

 

Session 3: Social Security Challenges & Opportunities

Chair – Mr. Roger McLean

Rosa Mae Whitter - Sustainable Jobs Today for a Secure Retirement  

Tomorrow – The negative impact of increasing forms of precarious work on

Pensions

Anthony Birchwood Michael Raymond - Impact of Changing Population Dynamics on Pensions

Stefan Fortune - Philanthropic poverty alleviation and welfare maximization: a normative economics case study of Trinidad and Tobago

 

Friday 9th October 2015

Arm Chair Discussion 2: Health & Sustainable Development – Role of Regional Institutions

Chair  - Sir George Alleyne

Dr. Edward Greene - CARICOM

Dr. James Hospedales  - CARPHA

Prof. Karl Theodore - UWI

Session 4: Health and Equity Considerations towards attaining Sustainable Development

Chair – Dr. Henry Bailey

Allister Mounsey and Tracy Polius – A Story worth Retelling: Development Challenges in CARICOM Countries

Kimberly Ann Gittens-Baynes - NCD Interventions and the socioeconomic environment: Equity considerations?

Althea La Foucade -  The Search For Equity In Access To Health Services: 

Theodore Through The Years

Jennifer Jones- Morales -  Does gender disparity exist in authentic Leadership Ascendance in Caribbean Business Sector?

 

Session 5: Public Policy: Resource Allocation Challenges in Health

Chair – Dr Andrea Yearwood

Henry Bailey - Measuring Health Outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago. An Overview of Recent and Current Research using EQ-5D in T&T.

Julian Prescod - A Literature Review investigating the relationship between Socioeconomic Status and the allocation of Healthcare Services by the Public Primary Healthcare System with implications for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Hariharan Seetharaman - Cost effectiveness of healthcare interventions for cardiovascular illnesses in Trinidad & Tobago

Christine Laptiste - The Impact of the Intangible Costs of Disease on GDP: A Case Study of End-stage Renal Disease in Trinidad and Tobago.

Session 6: Public Policy : Resource Challenges in Health

Chair – Dr. Christine Laptiste

Valerie Wilson and Wendy Kitson- Piggott - Caribbean Laboratories – Resourcing for Sustainability

Jamelia Harris and Alex Jones  - Drivers of Health Expenditure

Don Charles– A Global Value Chain Analysis of offshore medical universities in the Caribbean

Roger McLean  - An Assessment of the Financial Dependence of the Caribbean’s Response to HIV