A Review on the Report on India and Universal Health Coverage
Journal Title: International Journal of Healthcare Education & Medical Informatics - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The world is getting together for universal health coverage (UHC) as a prevalent health goal, where everyone will receive the quality health services without any hardships of financial suffering (WHO 2010). UHC has been incorporated as a sub-goal within the overall health sustainable goals. Many of the leading health agencies including World Bank are promoting UHC as the best strategy to achieve the overall health. The World Bank and WHO have estimated that around 400 million people lack access to basic health services, and that 6% of people in low and middle income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending (WHO 2015). India has been ranked 116 out of 157 nations on a global index that assesses the performance of countries towards achieving the sustainable development goals. The index score of India is 58.1 which is behind the comparable countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and China. India is among the countries described by WHO as facing a health workforce crisis. India is facing a great shortage of nurses and other allied health professionals. The macrocosmic aspect of the concept limpidly designates that everybody should be covered – nobody should be left behind
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Shailla Cannie
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