Search Tag: Universal health coverage
2024 30 May
As the European Union prepares for the upcoming elections, the issue of healthcare takes centre stage in the electoral debate. Two prominent lawmakers, Tomislav Sokol and Tilly Metz, engaged in a thought-provoking discussion presented by MSD, highlighting their visions for a healthier Europe. Towards Universal Healthcare: Addressing Europe's...Read more
2024 30 May
As the European Union prepares for the upcoming elections, the issue of healthcare takes centre stage in the electoral debate. Two prominent lawmakers, Tomislav Sokol and Tilly Metz, engaged in a thought-provoking discussion presented by MSD, highlighting their visions for a healthier Europe. Towards Universal Healthcare: Addressing Europe's...Read more
2023 03 Jul
Recognizing the importance of interoperability standards in digital health transformation, WHO and standards-development organization, Health Level Seven International (HL7®), signed a Project Collaboration Agreement to support the adoption of open interoperability standards, globally. Adoption of interoperability standards are critical for consistent...Read more
2020 02 Sep
Universal health coverage (UHC) means enabling all people to receive necessary healthcare services without experiencing financial burden. A new study (GBD 2019 Universal Health Coverage Collaborators 2020) has assessed progress on UHC effective coverage for 204 countries and territories over the past three decades (1990 to 2019). You might...Read more
2020 02 Jan
This New Year is significant for World Health as the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the year 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’ in honour of the 200 th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. World Health Organization (WHO) is the collaborating partner in the three-year ’Nursing Now!’ Campaign...Read more
2018 23 May
A look at innovations in harnessing voluntary and contributory micro health insurance to finance universal health coverage in the informal sector. Everybody spends money on healthcare; some people pay negligible amounts, and others pay exorbitant and impoverishing sums. In a perfect world, everyone should have protection against the excessive...Read more