Corruption has a devastating impact on health outcomes, compounding inequities and undermining finance efficiencies. Almost US$600 billion is lost from health systems each year to fraud and corruption, more than enough to close the financing gap in delivering universal health care by 2030 – a key commitment made by all United Nations member states.

Join USAID and Transparency International Global Health along with esteemed panellists to uncover an overlooked health emergency – corruption. The dialogue will look at tackling corruption in health systems, a necessary component in achieving Universal Health Coverage.

Chaired by Becky Turner, Senior Advisor for the Office of Population and Reproductive Health in USAID’s Bureau of Global Health, our panel of experts will discuss;

Where key vulnerabilities lie, and how corruption has been minimised at key points within health systems
How transparency and accountability measures can be effectively built into health systems planning, budgeting and procurement processes
What more needs to be done to ensure anti-corruption measures are embedded in the core of health systems approaches, at global and national levels.

Speakers include:

David Clarke is Unit Head AI, Health Systems Governance and Policy at the World Health Organization
Patty Garcia is the former Minister of Health of Peru and currently Professor of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University
Sheila Masinde is Executive Director at Transparency International Kenya
Jonathan Cushing is Programme Director at Transparency International Global Health

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