Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage in Haiti

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

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. ...

Moving towards universal health coverage: health insurance reforms in nine developing countries in Africa and Asia.

We analyse nine low-income and lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia that have implemented national health insurance reforms designed to move towards universal health coverage. Using the functions-of-health-systems framework, we describe these countries' approaches to raising prepaid revenues, pooling risk, and purchasing services. Then, using the coverage-box framework, we assess th...

Public perceptions on national health insurance: moving towards universal health coverage in South Africa.

BACKGROUND Since 1994, considerable progress has been made in transforming the South African health care system, implementing programmes that improve the health of the population, and improving access to health care services. However, amid escalating health care costs disparities continue to exist between the public and private health sectors. The implementation of a national or social health i...

Modelling the implications of moving towards universal coverage in Tanzania.

A model was developed to assess the impact of possible moves towards universal coverage in Tanzania over a 15-year time frame. Three scenarios were considered: maintaining the current situation ('the status quo'); expanded health insurance coverage (the estimated maximum achievable coverage in the absence of premium subsidies, coverage restricted to those who can pay); universal coverage to all...