The Training Centre of the International Labour Organization is organizing the annual course “Social Health Protection: addressing inequities in access to health care” from 3 to 14 March 2014 in Turin, Italy.

The course will identify inequities in effective access to health care and their main causes, review the importance of universal access to health care in crisis and post-crisis situations, issues related to the feasibility of introducing a social health protection scheme and planning for implementation, designing the appropriate contribution levels and benefits, monitoring the provision of services and ensuring the sound governance and financing of the scheme.

Target group

The course is designed for executives, managers, planners, financial officers and other professionals responsible for health care and health insurance schemes, both in government and non-governmental sectors.

Applications should be received no later than 24 January 2014 using the online form.