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Chapter 3 - Universal Health Coverage and Health System Strengthening
from Section 1 - Analyzing Health Systems: Concepts, Components, Performance
- By Awad Mataria, Sameh El-Saharty, Sumit Mazumdar, Abdinasir Abubakar, Rana Hajjeh, Sameen Siddiqi
Edited by Sameen Siddiqi, Aga Khan University, Awad Mataria, World Health Organization, Egypt, Katherine D. Rouleau, University of Toronto, Meesha Iqbal, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
Book:

Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries

Published online:

08 December 2022

Print publication:

29 December 2022, pp 34-50
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Summary

This Chapter examines the evolution in global thinking on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the role of Health Systems Strengthening. It describes the path from primary health care to health systems and UHC. The concept of UHC is elucidated by introducing its dimensions, intermediary objectives and ultimate goals; and by explaining what it does and does not mean in practice. The Chapter also explains how progress towards UHC can be measured and hence monitored as per the Sustainable Development Agenda. It also summarizes the challenges that low and middle-income countries (L&MICs) face to advance UHC. The Chapter concludes by illustrating the interlinkage between UHC and health security based on lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.