Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity

This pack of country cases was created to accompany resources on universal health coverage (UHC), health system strengthening (HSS), health financing, and health system reform. While most countries are making substantial efforts towards universal health coverage—ensuring all people have access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship—it is clear that approaches and models will vary. Given the prominence of universal health coverage and health system strengthening in the Sustainable Development Goals, metrics and indicators that…

This case supplements loveLife: Preventing HIV Among South African Youth. The case describes the actions of the nongovernmental organization (NGO), loveLife, in the face of the world's largest HIV epidemic, youth culture in post-apartheid South African, and a national government hostile to HIV/AIDS programs. The case traces loveLife from its inception and rapid scale up in 1999 to 2005, when loveLife lost one-third of its operating budget after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis…

This Lancet Series addresses current knowledge of maternal health, its epidemiology, successes, and current failings. In addition to broad surveys of the state of maternal health and care worldwide, the series papers also examine the burden of poor maternal health as well as the role of health systems in maternal care. The series concludes with a call to action setting out five key targets within the context of the broader sustainable development goals (SDGs). Accompanying…