The upcoming African Health Economics Association (AfHEA) conference will be held virtually from March 7-11, 2022 with six parallel sessions per day. The theme of the event is “Towards Resilient Health Systems in Africa: The Role of Health Economics and Policy Research.” Subthemes of the event include:
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Decolonizing health economics and policy research
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How can health financing systems in Africa be more resilient to pandemics
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Cost-effectiveness of underlying social determinants of health in Africa
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Building back better health systems
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UHC, policy, politics and reforms during COVID-19
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The role and use of data for evidence for policy decisions in a pandemic
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Vaccine economics: equity, distribution, financing, trade and lessons learned from COVID-19
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Looking to the future: mitigating the effects of COVID-19 pandemic
A pre-conference workshop will also take place on Friday 4th March from 12:00 to 1:30 pm GMT with the African Health Observatory Platform and the Conversation Africa on “Effectively using science communication tools and methods in promoting research”.
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