© 2021. Hari Teja Avirneni, Anugraha John, Sinthu Sarathamani Swaminathan. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Progression to Universal Health Coverage- Need for Enhanced Monitoring By Hari Teja Avirneni, Anugraha John, Sinthu Sarathamani Swaminathan NRI Institute of Medical Sciences Universal health coverage (UHC) is considered as a powerful mechanism for achieving better health, promoting human development and enabling equitable access to the health services, for all. 1 With achieving UHC becoming a major policy goal globally and increasing adoptions of UHC at policy levels across various member states of WHO, it is also extremely important to continuously monitor the progress towards UHC across respective states. 2 The conditions that causes health related problems and the financial power of a nation to protect its citizens from such conditions differs from one nation to the other. 3 Therefore, it is highly important for the respective countries to plan for coverage of health-related services across the entire population and also ensuring financial risk protection based on such aspects while effectively utilising the resources that are limited. 4 GJMR-K Classification: NLMC Code: W 84.5 ProgressiontoUniversalHealthCoverageNeedforEnhancedMonitoring Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of Medical Research: K Interdisciplinary Volume 21 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2021 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888