Abstract:
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a phrase frequently used in healthcare discussions today. What does it actually mean and how is it applicable to Singapore? This session discusses concepts of health financing relevant to Singapore and compares it with our regional neighbours. We will discuss pluralistic health financing systems and the evaluation of health financing strategies.

Speaker:
Dr Orlanda Goh is a Senior Resident in Advanced Internal Medicine, and is passionate about health services as well as health financing interventions and research for the benefit of vulnerable populations in the region. Upon her recent completion of the Masters in Public Health programme with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, she was inducted into the prestigious Delta Omega Alpha Chapter reserved for alumni with outstanding academic record and contribution to the research and practice of public health through her work in Thailand with HIV-infected patients, commercial sex workers, and undocumented migrants and refugees. She has working experience in the health policy evaluation divisions in the ministries of health in Thailand and Singapore. Currently, her research focus is on health services research in tertiary hospitals and interventions to reduce health disparities of migrant workers in Singapore.

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