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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“UHC is, by definition, a practical expression of the concern for health equity and the right to health.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WHO discussion paper, October 2012: Positioning health in the post-2015 development agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/file/279357/download/302852"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.worldwewant2015.org/file/279357/download/302852</span></a><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In a new discussion paper prepared for the UN consultation on health in the post-2015 development agenda, WHO makes the case for using Universal Health Coverage as single overarching health goal. Some extracts:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“The current MDGs were conceived as a compact between what developing countries aspired to achieve and what the developed world needed to do to ensure progress. Future goals are more likely to be framed in terms of global challenges that require shared solutions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Health is central to development: it is a precondition for, as well as an indicator and an outcome of progress in sustainable development. Nevertheless, while there is no doubt that health must have a place in the next generation of development, a convincing case needs to be made for how a health goal should be framed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“In contrast to the current set of health-related MDGs, there is now a greater recognition of the need to focus on means as well as ends: health as a human right; health equity; equality of opportunity; global agreements (International Health Regulations, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness framework) that enhance health security; stronger and more resilient health systems; innovation and efficiency as a response to financial constraints; addressing the economic, social and environmental determinants of health; and multi-sectoral responses that see health as an outcome of all policies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“In the current context promoting a long list of competing health goals will be counterproductive. The alternative is to build the case that health is a concern to all people, and is influenced by and as well contributing to policies across a wide range of sectors. The challenge then becomes one of deciding how “health” in this broad sense can be characterized in a way that is measurable and generates political traction and public understanding.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“The goal of achieving UHC has two inter-related components – coverage with needed health services (prevention, promotion, treatment and rehabilitation) and coverage with financial risk protection, for everyone.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Universal Health Coverage is a dynamic process. It is not about a fixed minimum package, it is about making progress on several fronts: the range of services that are available to people; the proportion of the costs of those services that are covered; and the proportion of the population that are covered. Few countries reach the ideal, but all – rich and poor – can make progress. It thus has the potential to be a universal goal.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Meaningful universal coverage with health services requires that people have access to all the services they need.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>..............<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>posted by Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Medicus Mundi International Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><img border=0 width=175 height=117 id="Grafik_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDAC47.DD1C7E60" alt="Beschreibung: Beschreibung: Beschreibung: UN thematic consultation: Health in the post-2015 UN development agenda"></span></i><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>MMI guide: Health in the post-2015 agenda: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.bit.ly/beyond2015guide"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>www.bit.ly/beyond2015guide</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>MMI guide: Universal Health Coverage: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.bit.ly/mmi-uhc"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>www.bit.ly/mmi-uhc</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>