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Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 2023
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Robert Yates

Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, UK

Keynote Speaker

Professional Bio

Robert Yates is a political health economist specializing in universal health coverage (UHC) and progressive health financing. He is Executive Director of the Centre For Universal Health at Chatham House. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a long-term consultant to The Elders on their health programme.

His principal area of expertise is in the political economy of UHC, with a focus on advising political leaders and governments on how to plan, finance and implement national UHC reforms. He has previously worked as a Senior Health Economist with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Health Organisation, advising numerous governments in Asia, Africa and Europe on health financing policy and health systems reforms.


Plenary Session: DAY 2 (8 Sept) - 5:10pm
How can palliative care get its 'fair crack of the whip' of Universal Health Care?

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