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Bookmark or Share- Health financing - World Health Organization (WHO)Health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection. Today, millions of people do not access services due to the cost. Many others receive poor quality of services even when they pay out-of-pocket.
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)Scaling up primary health care (PHC) interventions across low and middle-income countries could save 60 million lives and increase average life expectancy by 3.7 years by 2030. The majority of essential interventions (90%) for universal health coverage can be delivered using a PHC approach. An estimated 75% of the projected health gains from ...
- Healthcare systems and how they work | World Economic ForumLet’s take a closer look at the four key types of healthcare systems and how they aim to meet the medical needs of populations. They are known as the Beveridge Model, the Bismarck Model, the National Health Insurance Model, and the Out-of-Pocket Model. The Beveridge Model. In this system healthcare provision is funded by direct income tax ...
- Health Systems Resilience - World Health Organization (WHO)Public health shocks, such as Ebola Virus Disease and COVID-19, and everyday stressors highlight the vulnerability of health systems across the world, and the need for an integrated approach to health system strengthening bringing together health security, disease-specific and life course-specific programmes to make progress towards Universal ...
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