Strengthening national health research systems in the WHO African Region – progress towards universal health coverage

Assessment of research systems in universal health coverage-related organizations

    Background: Universal health coverage (UHC) is the desired goal of achieving universal access to health services without having to endure pain and financial difficulties. Multiple factors can help steer countries toward UHC. One of the most important factors is the production of valid quality evidence that can be achieved through research. The present study aimed at outlining...

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

Health systems strengthening, universal health coverage, health security and resilience.

Universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and the World Bank

T he sustainable development goals (SDGs) formally promote universal health coverage as a key objective for the global health community. This focus on universal health coverage arose both from a desire to maintain the health gains achieved by the millennium development goals and from criticism that those goals were short term in nature and narrowly focused on disease specific approaches. 2 On 1...

Strengthening health systems for universal health coverage and sustainable development