1. IMPROVING HEALTH DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN THE REGION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND SHARING. Public Health Association of Australia Special Interest Group – International Health Workshop 27 th September 2009 ANU, Canberra 1

2. Acknowledgment 2

3. Aim To share and contribute to the increasing body of knowledge on improving the effectiveness of health development assistance in the Asia Pacific region. 3

4. Objectives 1. In increase health and development practitioners’ awareness of the aid effectiveness agenda and initiatives within in the health and development programmes of the Asia and Pacific region 2. To promote discussion and debate on lessons learnt on improving health development effectiveness 3. To distil lessons learnt from health development practice in areas such as health systems, health policies, translating research into policy and practice at various levels of the health system, specific health programme areas 4

5. TimeTopicFacilitator/Presenter INTRODUCTION SESSION 09.00Welcome and HousekeepingPeter Vanderwal, 09.05Brief introduction to programme, aims and objectivesMaxine Whittaker 09.15The Australian Government’s commitment to improving health development effectiveness in the region. Sue Elliott, Director Health Thematic Group, AusAID 09.30Discussions ACCESSING KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES 09.45The AusAID Health Resource Facility - the Facility, the team, the services; how the HRF works Jackie Mundy, Director AusAID Health Resource Facility 10.00Expert Panel Discussion: what makes effective development Panel 10.15Discussions, particularly around ongoing/current research to develop an inventory of research aimed at increasing the effectiveness of development assistance Floor 10.30Morning tea WHAT MAKES EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH SYSTEMS 11.00Influencing policy or financing in health systems in the Asia-Pacific - what are the challenges and opportunities? Kris Hort, 11.30Health information and its role in health systems strengthening – what does experience tell us about how to effectively support these systems? Vicki Bennet 11.45The human face of health systems – what about the health human resource development – what is effective assistance? John Hall, 12.00Discussions 13.00- 13.30 Lunch 5

6. HEALTH PROGRAMS 13.30Defining effective assistance to women’s health programsChris Morgan, Principal Fellow, Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute 13.45Child health and lessons learnt on effectiveness of development assistance Royal Children’s Hospital and Menzies School of Health Research 14.00Invited papers (3) 14.45Discussions 15.00Afternoon tea 15.15Open forum: What more do we need to know and how to find this out? (generate debate on other evidence required, other sources of evidence, implementation questions from the field, knowledge required by practitioners to help improve their quality and effectiveness) 16.00Closing 16.10SIGIH AGMChair: Peter Vanderwal, Convenor, Special Interest Group in International Health, Public Health Association of 6

7. SPECIAL THANKS PHAA and SIGIH AusAID Partners in countries Presenters 7