International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Universal Health Coverage in Fragile and Humanitarian Contexts

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Dick Chamla 1
Claudia Vivas-Torrealba 2
1 Health Section, Emergency Response Team, UNICEF, Three United Nations Plaza, New York City, NY, USA
2 Health Section, UNICEF, New York City, NY, USA
10.15171/ijhpm.2019.112
Keywords
UHC
Fragile
Humanitarian
Subjects

Dear Editor,

Universal health coverage (UHC), a vision guiding current global health architecture and a Sustainable Development Goal that member states committed to achieve by 20301 is possible if adequate resources and optimal financial and service delivery models reach over 30% of global populations living in fragile and humanitarian contexts... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 2
February 2020
Pages 89-90

  • Received Date 27 July 2019
  • Revised Date 02 November 2019
  • Accepted Date 03 November 2019
  • First Published Date 01 February 2020
  • Published Date 01 February 2020