IHEA World Congress on Health Economics

The 15th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from July 8-12, 2023.  The Health Economics Unit of the University of Cape Town, which is the oldest health economics research centre in Africa, will host the congress.

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 presentations across the full spectrum of health economics’ fields.

Oral presentations from LHSS

• Monday, July 10 @ 8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m. - Using Systems Thinking to Increase Enrollee Use of Nigeria’s Pro-Poor Basic Health Care Provision Fund
• Wednesday, July 12 @ 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. - Using Systems Thinking to Improve the Understanding of the Influence, Importance, and Interrelationship of Sub-National Stakeholders Involved in the Accountability Framework of a Pro-Poor Health Financing Scheme in Nigeria 
• Thursday, July 11 @ 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.- How does DR Congo’s flat-rate pricing policy reduce out of pocket expense and where does it fail? 

Poster presentations from LHSS

• Implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund in Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis of Released Funds, Enrollment, and Utilization of Healthcare Services 
• A Performance-Based Contracting Model for Migrant Health Care
• What Are the Non-Financial Barriers to the Enrollment of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Financial Protection Schemes in South-west Nigeria?