PAHO
/ US Census Bureau USCB Regional Workshop:
Washington,
DC - September 29-30, 2003
Website:
http://www.paho.org/English/DPM/SHD/HP/hapl-workshop.htm
This
is a joint activity organized by the Pan American Health Organization /
World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) and the Housing and
Household Economic and Statistics Division (HHES) of the United States Census
Bureau (USCB) with the cooperation of the Statistical Division of the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the World Bank.
Objective
of the Workshop:
The
main objective of the Workshop is to discuss different ways and approaches for
incorporating various dimensions of health into the measurement of poverty
from a conceptual and a methodological point of view. The Workshop will
provide an opportunity to take stock on the progress being made in countries
of the Americas in these topics. This is a contribution to the effort of the
Expert Group on Poverty Statistics (Rio Group), to improve the quality and
relevance of the measurement of poverty and the establishment of common
procedures and best practices.
Specific
Topics to be addressed:
How to include in the measurements of poverty: household's and/or
individual's health need, the consumption of health care services, or the
benefits or costs of health care insurance services.
·
How to define and estimate the minimum or adequate amount of health
care expenditures needed to ensure a household minimum level of well being.
·
How to adjust existing measurements of poverty to consider "nutritional
losses" due to illness and diseases.
·
How important health related catastrophic expenditures are in
explaining the dynamics of poverty.
Participants:
The
Workshop will include participants of the Expert Group on Poverty Statistics (Rio
Group) and invited experts from international organizations; national
statistic offices, academic and research institutes of the Americas and Great
Britain. Because of the participatory nature of the event, the Workshop will
be restricted to a limited number of participants.
Please
RSVP by September 22, 2003
by
contacting Ms. Claudia Pescetto at: phone (+1 202) 974-3074 / e-mail pescettc@paho.org.
Activity
Coordinators:
Ruben
M. Suarez
Regional Advisor, Health Economics and Financing
Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization - PAHO/WHO
525 23rd Street
Washington, D.C. 20037-2895
Phone: +1 (202) 974-3482 Fax: +1 (202) 974-3675 E-mail: suarezru@paho.org
Visit: www.paho.org
Charles
Nelson
Assistant Division Chief for Income, Poverty and Health Statistics
Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division - HHES
United States Census Bureau
4700 Silver Hill Road / Room 1065
Washington, D.C. 20233-0001
Phone: +1 (301) 763-3183 E-mail: charles.t.nelson@census.gov
Visit: www.census.gov
Jack
Fiedler
Senior Health Economist
Latin America and the Caribbean Region World
Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
Phone: +1 (202) 473-5870 E-mail: jfiedler@worldbank.org
Visit:
www.worldbank.org
Venue: PAHO
Headquarters
525 23rd Street, N.W. - Room 1017
Washington, D.C. 20037 - 2895
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