Medicine & Health

Monitoring Universal Health Coverage

Published June 8, 2016 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

This collection presents a global framework for monitoring progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) conducted by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank Group. UHC is defined as the desired outcome of health system performance whereby all people who need health services – promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliation – receive them without undue financial hardship. These articles demonstrate the essential and interlinked components, explaining how UHC monitoring can be fully integrated into the overall monitoring of health system performance. The technical reviews provide insight into current international consensus around UHC and address issues related to the measurement of financial protection, service coverage, effective coverage, and equity. The case studies each discuss progress towards UHC in the featured countries as written by national experts.

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PLOS Medicine Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
September 22, 2014 Ties Boerma, Patrick Eozenou, David Evans, Tim Evans, Marie-Paule Kieny, Adam Wagstaff
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PLOS Medicine Monitoring Intervention Coverage in the Context of Universal Health Coverage
September 22, 2014 J. Boerma, Carla AbouZahr, David Evans, Tim Evans
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PLOS Medicine Beyond UHC: Monitoring Health and Social Protection Coverage in the Context of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention
September 22, 2014 Knut Lonnroth, Philippe Glaziou, Diana Weil, Katherine Floyd, Mukund Uplekar, Mario Raviglione
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PLOS Medicine Effective Coverage: A Metric for Monitoring Universal Health Coverage
September 22, 2014 Marie Ng, Nancy Fullman, Joseph Dieleman, Abraham Flaxman, Christopher Murray, Steve Lim
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PLOS Medicine Equity-Oriented Monitoring in the Context of Universal Health Coverage
September 22, 2014 Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Theadora Koller, Amit Prasad, Anne Schlotheuber, Nicole Valentine, John Lynch, Jeanette Vega
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PLOS Medicine Financial Risk Protection and Universal Health Coverage: Evidence and Measurement Challenges
September 22, 2014 Priyanka Saksena, Justine Hsu, David Evans

Country Case Studies

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PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh
September 22, 2014 Tanvir Huda, Jahangir Khan, Karar Ahsan, Kanta Jamil, Shams Arifeen
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001676

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Chile
September 22, 2014 ximena aguilera, Carla Castillo-Laborde, Manuel Najera-DeFerrari, Iris Delgado, Ciro Ibañez
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001729

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Tunisia
September 22, 2014 mohamed kouni chahed, Chokri Arfa
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001698

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Tanzania
September 22, 2014 Gemini Mtei, Suzan Makawia, Honorati Masanja
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001692

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Brazil
September 22, 2014 Mauricio Barreto, Davide Rasella, Daiane Machado, Rosana Aquino, Diana Lima, Leila Garcia, Alexandra Boing, Jackson Santos, Juan Escalante, Estela Aquino, Claudia Travassos
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PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Singapore
September 22, 2014 Kelvin Tan, Woan Shin Tan, Marcel Bilger, Calvin Ho
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001696

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia
September 22, 2014 Abebe Alebachew, Laurel Hatt, Matt Kukla
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001694

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in China
September 22, 2014 Qingyue Meng, Ling Xu
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001686

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in South Africa
September 22, 2014 John Ataguba, Candy Day, Di McIntyre
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001677

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Estonia
September 22, 2014 Taavi Lai, Triin Habicht, Maris Jesse
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001691

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Ghana
September 22, 2014 Frank Nyonator, Anthony Ofosu, Mabel Segbafah, Selassi d'Almeida
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001697

PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in India
September 22, 2014 N Devadasan, Soumitra Ghosh, Sunil Nandraj, T Sundararaman
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PLOS Medicine Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Thailand
September 22, 2014 Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Supon Limwattananon, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Jadej Thammatacharee