Make vaccine coverage a key UN health indicator

Universal health coverage: progressive taxes are key

www.thelancet.com Vol 386 July 18, 2015 227 On Dec 12, 2012, a UN General Assembly Resolution was passed unanimously which called on all countries to move their health systems towards universal health coverage (UHC). Interestingly, this resolution was cosponsored by the USA—a country not known for having achieved this goal. With UHC now a common objective for all health systems, the debate is s...

Health sector employment: a tracer indicator for universal health coverage in national Social Protection Floors

BACKGROUND Health sector employment is a prerequisite for availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality (AAAQ) of health services. Thus, in this article health worker shortages are used as a tracer indicator estimating the proportion of the population lacking access to such services: The SAD (ILO Staff Access Deficit Indicator) estimates gaps towards UHC in the context of Social Protec...

The art of public health: pneumococcal vaccine coverage in Mexico.

114 www.thelancet.com Vol 375 January 9, 2010 If the art of medicine involves making hard choices about how to improve individual health using evidence but facing uncertainty, then the art of public health involves making hard choices about improving population health and distributing it fairly under conditions of limited evidence, uncertainty, social and political constraints, and professional...

Beyond clinical skills: key capacities needed for universal health coverage.

Editorials 801 Global commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) has grown stronger in recent years. 1 With this commitment has come the realization that, for UHC to be attained, the health workforce must possess clinical and non-clinical skills and competencies that respond to actual population needs. 2 The workforce is vital to well-functioning health-care delivery systems and eq...

Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage