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Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2020
BACKGROUND: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship.
GBD 2019 Universal Health Coverage Collaborators
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The Implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh: Challenges and Lessons Learned from a Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study

Antibiotics, 2022
This study explored the current situation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) implementation in Bangladesh and examined how different sectors (human, animal, and environment) addressed the AMR problem in policy and ...
Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam   +3 more
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Universal access: making health systems work for women [PDF]

, 2012
Universal coverage by health services is one of the core obligations that any legitimate government should fulfil vis-à-vis its citizens. However, universal coverage may not in itself ensure universal access to health care.
TK Ravindran
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Proactive Innovation in a Prolonged Conflict Setting: Facing COVID-19 in a Specialized Cancer Hospital in Palestine

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The prolonged ongoing conflict in Palestine exacerbated socioeconomic conditions and weakened the health system, complicating the management of COVID-19 pandemic, especially for cancer patients who are doubly-at risk.
Ali Sabateen, Merette Khalil, Munia Abu El Hawa, Richard Peeperkorn, Awad Mataria, Hamid Ravaghi   +5 more
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Estimating the economic impact of COVID-19 disruption on access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Eastern and Southern Africa

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in the disruption of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) services in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
Hillary Kipchumba Kipruto, Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Solyana Ngusbrhan Kidane, Daniel Mwai, Daniel Mwai, David Njuguna, Benson Droti, Wangui Muthigani, Easter Olwanda, Elvis Kirui, Ayotunde Adenola Adegboyega, Amaka Pamela Onyiah, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem   +12 more
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Universal health coverage and universal access

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013
Universal health coverage has been set as a possible umbrella goal for health in the post-2015 development agenda.1 Whether it is a means to an end or an end in itself and whether it is measureable are subjects of heated debate.2 In this issue of the Bulletin, Kutzin argues that universal health coverage not only leads to better health and to financial
David B Evans, Justine Hsu, Ties Boerma
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Evaluating the implementation related challenges of Shasthyo Suroksha Karmasuchi (health protection scheme) of the government of Bangladesh: a study protocol

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Rapidly increasing healthcare costs and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases have increased the out-of-pocket (OOP) spending (63.3% of total health expenditure) in Bangladesh.
Sayem Ahmed, Md. Zahid Hasan, Mohammad Wahid Ahmed, Farzana Dorin, Marufa Sultana, Ziaul Islam, Andrew J. Mirelman, Clas Rehnberg, Jahangir A. M. Khan, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury   +9 more
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A qualitative exploration of the facility-based trauma care for Road Traffic Crash patients in Bangladesh: When only numbers do not tell the whole story

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective Bangladesh is currently undergoing an epidemic of road traffic crashes (RTCs). In addition to morbidity and mortality, the economic loss from RTC as per cent of gross domestic product is comparatively higher than in countries with similar ...
Amber Mehmood, Nahitun Naher, Syed Masud Ahmed, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam   +4 more
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Ensuring health in universal health coverage [PDF]

Nature, 2013
This article discusses the global overwhelming disease burden and how health systems must transcend clinical medicine and emphasize public-health approaches aimed at the drivers of ...
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Universal health coverage and health laws

The Lancet, 2014
Rifat Atun and colleagues (July 6, p 65)1 described the development of uni versal health coverage in Turkey. Yet a transcendent point in Turkey’s achievement is easily overlooked: all the foundational reforms of the health system that made universal health coverage possible were changes prescribed by law.
Amir, Attaran, Alexander M, Capron
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