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All UN member states have agreed to try to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, as a part of the SDGs. The objective of UHC is that all individuals and communities have access to the healthcare services they need without suffering financial hardship. At least half of the world's population are still out of essential healthcare service coverage. About 100 million people were pushed into extreme poverty (defined as living on 1.90 USD or less a day) in 2010 by healthcare costs . Over 800 million people (almost 12% of the world's population) spend at least 10% of their household budgets to pay for health care. UHC does not mean to provide free health service for people but to prevent catastrophic medical costs. It encompasses all components of the health system: health financing, health service delivery systems, the health workforce, health facilities and communications networks, health technologies, information systems, quality assurance mechanisms, and governance and legislation. UHC also ensures progressive expansion of coverage of health services and financial protection as more resources become available. UHC not only required individual treatment services, but also po

Author

Ashir Ahmed; Forhad Hossain; Nuren Abedin; Rafiqul Islam; Faiz Shah; Hiroshi Hoshino

Publisher

SPRINGER VERLAG, SINGAPOR

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9789811981715

Subjects

Management, Business