Abstract
Universal Health Coverage (UHC)is firmly based on
the WHO constitution of 1948 wherein health was
declared as a fundamental human right and on the
Health for All (HFA) agenda set by the Alma Ata
declaration in 1978. The concept of UHC cuts across
all of the health-related Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and brings hope of better health and
protection for the world’s poorest community. It implies
that all people should have access to healthcare,
meaning thereby that all people and communities can
use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative
and palliative health services they need; these health
services must be of sufficient quality, effective and
must also ensuring that the use of these services does
not expose the user to financial hardship.
In essence, it fulfills three main objectives in health
delivery for common people. First it ensures equity in
access to health services i.e. everyone who needs
services should get them, not only those who can pay
for them. Second the quality of health services should
be good enough to improve the health of those
receiving services; and third, ensures a sound
financing system to protect people from financial
hardship and impoverishment from health care costs.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published
its draft on Global Strategy for Digital Health, which
puts digital health initiatives and greater use of
technology and health information systems at the
heart of achieving affordable and universal access to
health care.
Khalida Naz Memon. (2019) Role of mHealth in getting Target of Universal Health Coverage, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-18, Issue-2.
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