Accelerating the Pace toward Universal Health Care for Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons and Perspectives from Frontline Implementers
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 3059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health systems strengthening; global health; quality improvement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the Alma Ata declaration in 1978, reaching Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been a common desire for countries and health agencies. Remarkable investments have been deployed to increase the workforce, build health facilities, and ensure access to health services. Despite these efforts, over half of the world’s population still do not have access to health services. Further, poor quality of care worsens service utilization and limits the overall interaction with the health systems. Persistent UHC gaps reflect the need for a proactive theory of change and evidence-based interventions.
The twenty-first century has been marked by profound disparities, political instabilities, and the emergence of widespread outbreaks and pandemics. Achieving UHC requires innovative programs to deliver high-quality care and enhance the resiilience of health systems.
As a universal consensus, UHC implies that all individuals receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. In this regard, many countries have developed creative health financing strategies and established solid public–private partnerships to support the UHC agenda. This collaboration has led to remarkable improvements in population health outcomes. However, there is a need to capture and share scalable interventions that were proven effective to address the unmet UHC needs.
This Special Issue aims at disseminating lessons and perspectives from frontline implementers on effective interventions to accelerate the pace toward UHC’s core domains including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
Prof. Dr. Sheila Davis
Dr. Anatole Manzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- universal health care
- quality of care
- health systems
- sustainable development goals
