Paving the Way to Universal Health Coverage in Tanzania

Munshi, Zaheer Rik; Blue, M. Connor; Rahim, Faraan O.; Mahatara, Erick; Reddy, Raghuram; Tamirisa, Ketan; Ajay Jadav, Arnav; Ashar, Perisa; Rugakingira, Anzibert

Paving the Way to Universal Health Coverage in Tanzania

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Authors

Zaheer Rik Munshi ¹

M. Connor Blue ²

Faraan O. Rahim ³

Erick Mahatara ⁴

Raghuram Reddy ⁵

Ketan Tamirisa ⁶

Arnav Ajay Jadav ⁶

Perisa Ashar ⁷

Anzibert Rugakingira ⁸

¹ The College, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

² University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

⁴ School of Medicine, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

⁵ Department of Humanities, Health and Society, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

⁶ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

⁷ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

⁸ The World Bank Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Keywords

Health Reform

Health Innovation

Health Priorities

Global Health

Africa

Introduction

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC)—high-quality, affordable healthcare for all without financial distress—is fundamental to equity, improved health, and financial protection. Since the 2010 World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) World Health Report, numerous countries, including Tanzania, have committed to achieving UHC.¹ ...(Read more...)

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