A conference dedicated to health financing “Sustainable investments – predictable results” will be held in Riga

Monday, April 29, from 9.30 – 12.30 The Ministry of Health and the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (AmCham) are holding a conference dedicated to investments in health “Sustainable investments – predictable results”. Latvian Minister of Health Hosams Abu Meri, Minister of Finance Arvils Asheradens, international experts and officials from Denmark, Estonia, OECD, as well as representatives of patients and hospitals will take part in the conference. The aim of the conference is to raise awareness among various stakeholders about the importance of more sustainable and predictable healthcare financing to ensure better patient access to healthcare and treatment outcomes.

Sustainable and efficient health financing ensures a healthier society and better results for patients, as well as the future well-being of Latvian citizens. At the same time, health care should be aimed at optimal results for the state, society and patients, ensuring both sufficient funding for the implementation of goals and adequate control over the achievement of goals. The conference will examine sustainable health care financing models, a transparent and evidence-based budget planning process, as well as evaluate the impact of financing models on health care availability and expected results.

The following will take part in the conference, which will take place in the premises of the Paula Stradins Medical History Museum:

• Hosams Abu Meri, Minister of Health of Latvia
• Arvils Asheradens, Minister of Finance of Latvia
• Boris Knigin, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Financial Affairs;
• Kārlis Ketner, Director of the Budget Policy Development Department of the Ministry of Finance
• Pille Banhard, Member of the Board of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund
• Enes Sunel, OECD Macroeconomic Policy Division Economist, Department of Economics
• Robert Grundke, Senior Economist, OECD Economics Department
• Karen Marie Lyng, IQVIA Associate Consultant, previously Head of Department at the Danish Health Data Service
• Normunds Staņevičs, chairman of the board of the Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital
• Baiba Ziemele, board member of the network of Latvian patient organizations and chairman of the Latvian Hemophilia Society

The conference will be chaired by RSU associate professor Mārtiņš Daugulis.

Event partners: AbbVie, Amgen, IQVIA, Johnson&Johnson, Medtronic, Novartis, Roche and Siemens.

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