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Universal health coverage is about ensuring that all people have access to the health services they need while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.

UHC Forward consolidates information from hundreds of sources into a one-stop portal.

Despite progress in some countries, health related expenditures drive 150 million people into financial catastrophe annually.

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The Week in Headlines

Governments around the world are engaging in serious political and technical discussions on how to expand health coverage. Still others are considering such reforms, but are struggling to navigate...

Equitable Health Financing Tool

Easily navigate the evidence on different health financing methods.

Featured Case Study

India: RSBY

Coverage Level: 40 million

Types of Benefits:

Primarily Inpatient

Primary Source of Funding:

General government revenues

Provider Payment Mechanisms:

Headlines from Around the Globe

NHSO delays UC co-payment talks

(The Bangkok Post) - The National Health Security Office (NHSO) board cancelled a discussion on the...

Community-based approach for effective healthcare provision

(The Nigerian Tribune) - Health, they say, is wealth and forindividuals, households, communities,...

Universal health coverage and HIV in resource-constrained countries: a critical juncture for research and action

International consensus has recently emerged about extending universal health coverage (UHC) in...

Global network on health equity: Consensus statement on Universal Health Coverage as a Shared Global Developmental Goal

This paper suggests that while the current MDG goals and targets need to be continued beyond 2015,...

Lagos charts path to universal access at health council meeting

(The Guardian Nigeria) - LAGOS State government recently convened a state health council meeting to...

Raising and Spending Domestic Money for Health

Working Group Paper

In 2010 low income countries spent only $32 per capita on health including public and private spending and that received from external sources. But it is estimated that $60 per capita is required to provide a basic standard of health services to their populations. The nearly threefold rise in external funding for health since 2000 has not therefore been sufficient...

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UHC Forward: Towards Universal Health Coverage