From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Universal Health Coverage<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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The Lancet - Themed issue, published Sept 7, 2012<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“……….Margaret
Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization WHO, has stated that
"<i><span style="font-style:italic">Universal Health Coverage is the
single most powerful concept that public health has to offer."<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic"> </span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">In this
themed issue of <span><i>The Lancet</i></span>, the first of
three Series papers explores the evidence on the links between expansions in
coverage and population health outcomes. The second paper looks at the political
and economic dimensions of the transition to universal health coverage, and the
third examines nine low-income and lower-middle-income countries in Africa and <u></u>Asia<u></u> that have implemented national health insurance
reforms. Also, a Viewpoint calls for continued progress and argues for a large
public sector role in health systems reform. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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What becomes clear in this issue is that although universal health coverage is
not a guarantee for progress, attention should focus now not on whether, but on
how to make the most of the transition. In a Comment, Judith Rodin and David de
Ferranti conclude: "what will emerge in the decades ahead in each country
undertaking reform is not entirely clear, but, as this Series and many country
examples suggest, we are getting closer to a time when this [transition toward
universal health coverage] will be achieved and families will no longer be at
risk of having the cost of sickness ruin their lives." <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">Universal health coverage: a third global health transition?</span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">Judith Rodin, David de Ferranti</span></font></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Universal health coverage: good health, good economics</span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">Julio Frenk, David de Ferranti</span></font></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Universal health coverage is a development issue</span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext" lang="FR">David B Evans, Robert Marten, Carissa Etienne</span></font></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Series Papers<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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Does Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage Improve Population Health?</span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext" lang="PT-BR">Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Peter C Smith</span></font></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2961039-3/abstract" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">Summary</span></font></a>
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Political and Economic Features of the Transition to Universal Health Coverage</span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">William D Savedoff, David de Ferranti, Amy L Smith, Victoria
Fan</span></font></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage: Recent Health Insurance Reforms in
Nine Lower Income Countries in Africa and <u></u>Asia<u></u></span></font></b></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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