Proximate and Contextual Socioeconomic Determinants of Mortality: Multilevel Approaches in a Setting with Universal Health Care Coverage

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...

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. ...

Universal Health Coverage in Fragile and Humanitarian Contexts

Socioeconomic disparities in health care use: Does universal coverage reduce inequalities in health?

BACKGROUND Despite enormous public sector expenditures, the effectiveness of universal coverage for health care in reducing socioeconomic disparities in health has received little attention. STUDY OBJECTIVE s: To evaluate whether universal coverage for health care reduces socioeconomic disparities in health. DESIGN Information on participants of the 1990 Nova Scotia Nutrition Survey was lin...

Universal health coverage and social determinants of health.

As the global health community embraces universal health coverage, a lesson from the 1978 Declaration of Alma Ata is worth remembering. The Declaration was a landmark in global public health and was the conclusion of one of the most important international conferences on primary health care. But in Alma Ata, it was recognised that there was more to improving population health than primary healt...