A Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health event - "New Strategies for Health Promotion: Steering Clear of Ethical Pitfalls"

Session IV: Conditional Cash Transfers as Health Promotion

• Session Chair: Ferdinando Regalia, PhD
  Chief, Social Protection and Health Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Welcoming Address: CCTs and the State’s Role in Health Promotion

• Julio Frenk, MD, PhD
  Dean of the Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health; Former Minister of Health, Mexico; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development; Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

Conditional Cash Transfer: Origin, Benefits and Lessons

• Maureen Lewis, PhD - Slides
  Economic Advisor, World Bank

Evidence from Conditional Cash Transfers Evaluations

• Norbert Schady, PhD - Slides
  Senior Research Economist, Human Development, Development Research Group, World Bank

Experience of Conditional Cash Transfers in Health

• Cheryl Cashin, PhD - Slides
  Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Discussion

Break

Session V: Ethical and Social Concerns

• Session Chair: Helena Ribe, PhD
  Sector Manager, Social Protection, Latin America Region, World Bank

Conditional Cash Transfers and Global Health Policy: Strengths and Concerns

• Ian Forde, MD - Slides
  Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London

Right Action, Wrong Reasons? The Moral Status of Incentives for Healthy Behavior

• Jonathan Wolff, M. Phil
  Professor, Department of Philosophy, University College, London; Director, Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health, University College, London

Discussion

Lunch Break

Session VI: Balancing Missions: Are Conditional Cash Transfers in Harmony with Other Development Objectives?

• Session Chair: Margaret Grosh
  Lead Economist, Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank

Conditional Cash Transfers: Cash-Contingency Management, Structural Support, and Poverty Reduction

• David Bangsberg, MD, MPH - Slides
  Director, Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Global Health; Professor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director International Programs, Partners AIDS Research Center

Programmatic concerns in implementation

• Maria Concepcion Steta Gandara - Slides
  Sr. Social Protection Specialist, Human Development, Latin America Region, World Bank

Discussion

Session VII: Country – specific programs and Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers on Health Status

• Session Chair: Maureen Lewis, PhD
  Economic Advisor, World Bank

Evidence on impacts of Mexico’s Oportunidades program over time

• Lynnette Neufeld, PhD - Slides
  Chief Technical Advisor, Micronutrient Initiative

Brazil’s Bolsa Familia: Expansion and Impacts

• Andre Medici, PhD - Slides
  Senior Health Economist, Human Development, Latin America Region, World Bank

Encouraging Attended Births in India

• Ingrid Miljeteig, MD, PhD - Slides
  Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen
• Kjell Arne Johansson, MD, PhD
  Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen

Effectiveness of CCTs in STI prevention in Tanzania

• Damien B. C. M. de Walque, PhD
  Senior Economist, Human Development, Development Research Group, World Bank

Discussion

Break

Panel Discussion: Ethics and Value Added of Conditional Cash Transfers

• Session Chair: Norbert Schady, PhD
  Economic Advisor, Social Sectors, Inter-American Development Bank

Panelists:

• Maureen Lewis, PhD
  Economic Advisor, World Bank
• Karl Widerquist, DPhil, PhD
  Visiting Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Qatar
• Helena Ribe, PhD
  Manager, Social Protection, Latin America, World Bank
• Daniel Wikler, PhD
  Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Discussion

End of Conference