Delivering Universal Health Coverage: A Guide for Policymakers

This Lancet Series analyzes maternal health and its determinants worldwide, focusing on improving outcomes across pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and beyond. Considering stagnating maternal mortality statistics, the authors highlight the need for a multi-pronged approach to maternal health that expands beyond focusing solely on maternal survival, calling for strategies that consider the social, lifestyle, and systemic factors that affect maternal outcomes– before, during, and after pregnancy. To make progress toward the global Sustainable Development…

This case examines BRAC's expansion of its rural tuberculosis (TB) program to the urban environment of Dhaka between 2002 and 2008. The case is a sequel to BRAC's Tuberculosis Program: Pioneering DOTS Treatment for TB in Rural Bangladesh. The case provides background information about Dhaka and describes what TB services existed at the time. The case then describes the expansion of BRAC's TB program into Dhaka, and details innovations in the urban program. Students should…

This flagship report, published by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), analyzes urban development data and shows how new forms of collaboration, urban planning, governance, financing, and learning can result in sustained positive changes for cities and those who live in them. The 2022 edition of the report provides insight into the future of cities, drawing from current trends, challenges, and shocks – such as the global COVID-19 pandemic – and offers suggestions for building…