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Universal health coverage study reveals that the world likely to fall short of WHO goal – News-Medical.Net
A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 28 2020
A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia. This falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 1 billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage (UHC) between 2019 and 2023.
Universal health coverage is defined as all people receiving quality health services without incurring financial hardship. The paper, part of…
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