BACKGROUND Access to health care is a crucial determinant of health. Yet, even within settings that purport to provide universal health coverage (UHC), sex workers' experiences reveal systematic, institutionally ingrained barriers to appropriate quality health care. The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and correlates of institutional barriers to care among sex workers in a setting wit...

Kenya has made progress towards universal health coverage as evidenced in the various policy initiatives and reforms that have been implemented in the country since independence. The purpose of this analysis was to critically review the various initiatives that the government of Kenya has over the years initiated towards the realization of Universal Health Care (UHC) and how this has impacted o...

Financial bottlenecks – budget shortfalls, irregular funding flows, lack of flexibility in the use of public revenues – are major challenges for countries as they strive towards providing universal health coverage (UHC). To help countries achieve sustainable funding for UHC, World Health Organization (WHO) economists are developing a package of technical support for health ministries, so that t...

I t seems to be an exciting moment for the ASEAN countries to enter the era of the ASEAN Community. For the ASEAN 600 million people (8.6% of the World population), this regional initiative is expected to bring about economic prosperity and development in socio-cultural well-being of the people. However, development policies do not always complement one another as we promote economic growth and...

Aim: The main purpose of this paper is to look at the Indian healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemic and how acts as barrier also presents some opportunities towards road Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
 Background: has exposed vulnerability health systems across world India no exception. World Organization (WHO) kept definition UHC very flexible left on country which implementing it m...

Every so often, signifi cant global trends can be traced back to a source. The 1993 World Development Report (WDR) was such a catalyst in global health and development policy, demonstrating to fi nance ministers, economists, and philanthropists that health is an investment with positive economic returns—and not simply a drain on scarce resources. The report helped set the stage for a major scal...

Success in the implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) in different settings has had variable success. Implementation research offers the approach needed to understand the variability of health outcomes from implementation strategies in different settings and why interventions were successful in some countries and failed in others. When mastered and embedd...