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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.”
Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A Framework for Action. Investment in Africa’s health systems is key to inclusive and sustainable growth. Strong economic growth in recent years has helped reduce poverty to 43 percent of the population. Yet, as Africa’s population expands—it is estimated to reach 2.5 billion by 2050—the region faces ...
In addition, the initiative resulted in an in-depth report on Japan’s experience entitled “Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Japan.”. Both of these publications are described in greater detail below. The goals of UHC are to ensure that all people can access quality health services, to ...
In 2021, about 4.5 billion people, more than half of the global population, were not fully covered by essential health services. And this estimate does not yet reflect the potential long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending is worsening. Catastrophic out-of-pocket health spending ...
The economic case for universal health coverage is strong. The recent Lancet Commission on Investing in Health looked at broader measures of growth and found that from 2000 to 2011 health investments were responsible for nearly a quarter of growth in developing countries. Universal health coverage protects the poor and near-poor from ...
Results. Overall, the SUMAR program had a significant impact on increasing utilization of key health services for the uninsured population, in terms of both coverage and intensity of use, between 2010 and 2019: • The proportion of eligible children, youth and women aged 19-65 with effective health care coverage increased from 7 % to 50.4 %.
Universal Health Coverage Study Series (UNICO) Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means that all people can access quality essential health services, without having to suffer financial hardship to pay for health care. Despite some progress, at least half of the world’s population still cannot obtain essential health services, according to ...
Indonesia has made significant progress towards achieving Universal Health Care (UHC) through the JKN program. Between 2014 and 2019, JKN coverage expanded to reach 83 percent of the population and reduced individual out-of-pocket expenditures from 47 percent to 32 percent of their spending on health care.
September 25, 2015 – More countries around the world are rolling out universal health coverage programs designed to expand access to health care and reduce the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care they need. A new World Bank Group study, Going Universal: How 24 countries are ...
There’s no magic bullet or single path to achieving UHC by 2030, but here are five essential elements for accelerating progress: More money for health, and more health for the money. The health sector faces a severe crisis of underinvestment. The cost of essential health services globally is put at about US $90 per person per year.