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Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Overview. Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care across the ...
Universal coverage is the hallmark of a government’s commitment to improve the wellbeing of all its citizens. Universal coverage is firmly based on the WHO constitution of 1948 declaring health a fundamental human right and on the Health for All agenda set by the Alma-Ata declaration in 1978. Equity is paramount.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere with quality, affordable, and accessible health care. Released ahead of the High-Level Meeting on UHC at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, this report exposes ...
Universal health coverage means a fairer, healthier world for all. 10 December 2021. As the world marks another Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, the COVID-19 pandemic is relentlessly magnifying the consequences of neglecting the political, social and economic inequities that divide the world. Health for all—and health systems that protect ...
Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the health services they need (prevention, promotion, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care) without the risk of financial hardship when paying for them. This requires an efficient health system that provides the entire population with access to good quality services, health ...
In the Political Declaration, Heads of State and world leaders committed to take key national actions, make essential investments, strengthen international cooperation and global solidarity at the highest political level to accelerate progress towards UHC by 2030, using a primary health care (PHC) approach. For health care to be truly universal ...
Universal health coverage is an important part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 3.8 aims to “achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.”
4.4 Primary health care cost and impact methodology 96 4.5 Examples of interventions provided by primary care services, by platform 97 4.6 Primary health care cost estimates in Indonesia 98 4.7 Illustration of potential increase of public spending on primary health care 99 4.8 Increasing primary health care spending at a given GDP level 100
Universal health coverage means that all people and communities receive the health services (e.g. the full spectrum of health services from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care across the life course) they need and of sufficient quality to be effective while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship. </p ...