Workshop on quality of care for chronic conditions

Chronic conditions – whether non-communicable or infectious in nature – are broadly defined as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Every two seconds, a person aged 70 or older dies from a chronic condition. Are you one of those trying to address this growing burden? Let’s talk about improving quality of care for chronic conditions.

Join us on 9 and 10 December for a workshop on tackling the different blocks of chronic care quality. We'll present our conceptualisation of chronic care quality. Researchers will present results of ongoing and just-concluded research from various low and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that look into chronic care quality aims (e.g., access), various determinants (e.g., socio-economic inequities) and indicators (e.g., patient satisfaction), and the experiences of PAHO in implementing the HEARTS technical package in Latin America.

The workshop will explore strategies to enhance the quality of care, including policy development, leadership and governance, financing mechanisms, and training and education.

For whom?

Researchers, academic healthcare managers and workers, policy-makers and others interested in quality of chronic care.

About the organiser

This workshop is convened by the International Network on the Quality of Care for Chronic Conditions (CCCQ Network), comprised of 10 different research groups from Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. We welcome submissions which could nicely fit in the programme of the first two days (see topics below). Participants are expected to cover their own costs. The network welcomes new research groups interested in joining. If you have questions in the meantime, please contact Grace Ku (gku@itg.be).

More information (preliminary programme, practicalities, ...) will be shared soon!