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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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Disclosure and help seeking behavior of women exposed to physical spousal violence in Dhaka slums
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Despite high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its adverse social and health consequences, the rate of help seeking for IPV is generally low.
Kausar Parvin +2 more
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Knowledge translation in Africa: are the structures in place?
Implementation Science Communications, 2020 Background Contextualised evidence to generate local solutions on the progressive path to universal health coverage is essential. However, this evidence must be translated into action.
James Avoka Asamani +1 more
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2017 Background The private retail drug shops market in Bangladesh is largely unregulated and unaccountable, giving rise to irrational use of drugs and high Out-of-pocket expenditure on health.
Syed Masud Ahmed +3 more
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Universal health coverage and incarceration
The Lancet Public Health, 2022 Global progress towards universal coverage of essential health services, a component of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8, is measured at the country level using the WHO Service Coverage Index. However, data collection for this crucial metric excludes prisons and youth detention centres, despite the health needs in these settings, chronic ...
Winkelman, TNA +3 more
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Annals of SBV, 2018 In the last few decades, several initiatives have been undertaken by Government of India to increase access to essential health services. A framework for UHC was also developed by a High Level Expert Group (HLEG). The recently developed National Health Policy of India also espouses equity, universality, and affordability among its key principles and ...
K. Srinath Reddy, Manu Raj Mathur
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Beyond health aid: would an international equalization scheme for universal health coverage serve the international collective interest? [PDF]
, 2014 It has been argued that the international community is moving 'beyond aid'. International co-financing in the international collective interest is expected to replace altruistically motivated foreign aid. The World Health Organization promotes 'universal
Criel, Bart +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objective This study explored the illness experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour of a cross-section of street dwellers of Dhaka City for designing a customised intervention.Design A qualitative exploratory study of a sample of street dwellers of ...
Nahitun Naher +5 more
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Learning for Universal Health Coverage [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2019 The journey to universal health coverage (UHC) is full of challenges, which to a great extent are specific to each country. ‘Learning for UHC’ is a central component of countries’ health system strengthening agendas. Our group has been engaged for a decade in facilitating collective learning for UHC through a range of modalities at global, regional and
Bruno Meessen +15 more
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Malaria Journal, 2023 Background In 2019, an estimated 409,000 people died of malaria and most of them were young children in sub-Saharan Africa. In a bid to combat malaria epidemics, several technological innovations that have contributed significantly to malaria response ...
Moredreck Chibi +4 more
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