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Chapter 2
Advancing and sustaining universal coverage
People expect their health systems to be
equitable. The roots of health inequities
lie in social conditions outside the health system’s
direct control. These root causes have to be tackled
through intersectoral and cross-government action.
At the same time, the health sector can take
significant actions to advance
health equity internally. The basis
for this is the set of reforms that
aim at moving towards universal
coverage, i.e. towards universal
access to health services with
social health protection.
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In this chapter
- The central place of
health equity in PHC
- Moving towards
universal coverage
- Challenges in moving
towards universal coverage
- Targeted interventions
to complement universal
coverage mechanisms
- Mobilizing for health equity
Figures
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Catastrophic expenditure related to out-of-pocket payment at the point of service [pdf 90kb]
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Three ways of moving towards universal coverage [pdf 83kb]
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Impact of abolishing user fees on outpatient attendance in Kisoro district, Uganda: outpatient attendance 1998–2002 [pdf 77kb]
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Different patterns of exclusion: massive deprivation in some countries, marginalization of the poor in others. Births attended by medically trained personnel (percentage), by income group [pdf 92kb]
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Under-five mortality in rural and urban areas, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980–2000 [pdf 69kb]
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Improving health-care outputs in the midst of disaster: Rutshuru, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1985–2004 [pdf 107kb]
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