Leveraging mobile health technology towards Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

Achieving universal health coverage

Perspectives There is global consensus on the goals of universal health coverage (UHC), which has been defined as " all people receiving quality health services that meet their needs without exposing them to financial hardship in paying for them. " 1 Yet despite this consensus, it remains unclear how the global health community can achieve universal coverage. The obvious answer is to ensure tha...

Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره هفدهم، خرداد 1398، 208-207       «پوشش همگانی بهداشت: هرکسی، هرجا»   Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere   محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian   سازمان جهانی بهداشت World Health Organization (WHO)  هر ساله  هفتم آوریل (مصادف با هجدهم فروردین) را به عنوان روز جهانی بهداشت گرامی داشته و شعاری را برای آن انتخاب می‌کند. ...

Priority-setting for achieving universal health coverage

Governments in low- and middle-income countries are legitimizing the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC), following a United Nation's resolution on UHC in 2012 and its reinforcement in the sustainable development goals set in 2015. UHC will differ in each country depending on country contexts and needs, as well as demand and supply in health care. Therefore, fundamental issues suc...

eHealth: Harnessing technology on the road towards universal health coverage.

are numerous data sources that offer information on the health of a community. Traditional sources, such as hospitals and clinics, provide relatively reliable inputs to existing health-monitoring systems, but often give a delayed or incomplete picture. Additional data sources, such as school and work attendance, veterinary clinics, social media, pharmaceutical sales, and climate-related data do...

Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage