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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