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Universal health coverage. Health systems governance refers to the processes, structures and institutions that are in place to oversee and manage a country's healthcare system. It manages the relationships between different actors and stakeholders involved in healthcare, including government agencies, healthcare providers, patients and their ...
Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
16 November 2023. Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Overview. Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care across the ...
Health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection. Today, millions of people do not access services due to the cost. Many others receive poor quality of services even when they pay out-of-pocket.
Key facts. The Sustainable Development Goals stress that quality is a key element of universal health coverage (UHC). SDG target 3.8 calls on countries to achieve UHC, including financial risk protection alongside access to quality essential health care services. Between 5.7 and 8.4 million deaths are attributed to poor quality care each year ...
A well-functioning health system working in harmony is built on having trained and motivated health workers, a well-maintained infrastructure, and a reliable supply of medicines and technologies, backed by adequate funding, strong health plans and evidence-based policies. <br /> <br /> At the same time, because of the interconnectedness of our globalised world, health systems need to have the ...
The terms “complementary medicine” or “alternative medicine” refer to a broad set of health care practices that are not part of that country’s own tradition or conventional medicine and are not fully integrated into the dominant health-care system. They are used interchangeably with traditional medicine in some countries. Herbal ...
Health workforce. Health systems can only function with health workers; improving health service coverage and realizing the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is dependent on their availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality. WHO estimates a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030 ...
Why is resilience important? Public health shocks, such as Ebola Virus Disease and COVID-19, and everyday stressors highlight the vulnerability of health systems across the world, and the need for an integrated approach to health system strengthening bringing together health security, disease-specific and life course-specific programmes to make progress towards Universal Health Coverage and ...