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World Health Day 2019 – Universal health coverage

#HealthForAll © World Health Organization On Sunday April 7, the World Health Organization has chosen the theme of universal health coverage to spread awareness amongst decision-makers in health, including ministers of health and other government decision-makers, to commit to taking action to address gaps in universal health coverage in their countries.

Find below a selection of recently published articles relevant to primary health care and equity in health.

Highlighted research by International Journal for Equity in Health

International Journal for Equity in Health An evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia: study protocol
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Government resource contributions to the private-not-for-profit sector in Uganda: evolution, adaptations and implications for universal health coverage
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Moving towards UHC: engaging non-state providers

Presented by the Alliance for HPSR, this special collection pulls together case studies on engaging NSPs, who play a major role in the delivery of health services in many LMICs.
The papers review experiences that reflect significant diversity on various axes, and, overall, provide a unique overview of the sector and rich learning opportunities for engaging NSPs.
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Read the blog by the Editors of this special issue, Zubin Cyrus Shroff & Krishna D Rao

Featured research

Archives of Public Health

Challenges and opportunities towards the road of universal health coverage (UHC) in Nepal: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Effects of mixed provider payment systems and aligned cost sharing practices on expenditure growth management, efficiency, and equity: a structured review of the literature

Free and universal access to primary healthcare in Mongolia: the service availability and readiness assessment

BMC Medicine

Disaggregating catastrophic health expenditure by disease area: cross-country estimates based on the World Health Surveys

Universal health coverage for refugees and migrants in the twenty-first century

BMC Proceedings

Proceedings of the 1st WHO Africa Health Forum: effective partnerships and intersectoral collaborations are critical for attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Africa

BMC Public Health

Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: What determines health insurance enrolment in rural Ghana?

Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Evaluating the health system financing of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries using Grey Relation Analysis and Shannon Entropy

Willingness to pay for social health insurance and its determinants among public servants in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia: a mixed methods study

Environmental Health

Being overburdened and medically underserved: assessment of this double disparity for populations in the state of Maryland

Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems

Globalization and Health

Challenges and dilemmas on universal coverage for non-communicable diseases in middle-income countries: evidence and lessons from Mexico

Expanding global access to essential medicines: investment priorities for sustainably strengthening medical product regulatory systems

Health Economics Review

How much does community-based targeting of the ultra-poor in the health sector cost? Novel evidence from Burkina Faso

Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Australia: trends, inequalities and the impact on household living standards in a high-income country with a universal health care system

Human Resources for Health

Forecasting imbalances in the global health labor market and devising policy responses

Never again? Challenges in transforming the health workforce landscape in post-Ebola West Africa

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Moving towards universal health coverage for mental disorders in Ethiopia

National Public Health Week – April 1-7

The American Public Health Association, whose annual meeting on 'Creating the healthiest nation' is attended each year by BMC, is leading on National Public Health Week in America.

Find a curated collection of recently published articles chosen by our Editors related to the themes chosen this year.

Explore National Public Health Week at BMC