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WHO Fact Sheet: Universal Health Coverage

2023

This fact sheet from the World Health Organization (WHO) focuses on universal health coverage (UHC)—ensuring all people have access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship. Achieving UHC requires strengthening health systems, from building a trained health workforce to providing integrated health services that are people-centered. An important component of UHC is health financing which includes raising sufficient funds, minimizing out of pocket payments through prepayment and pooling, and using available funds efficiently and equitably. To learn more, read the WHO's 2013 World Health Report, which focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress towards universal health coverage.

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Universal Health Coverage. Fact Sheet. World Health Organization 2023. https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/universal-health-coverage-(uhc).