Universal social protection (USP) is becoming high priority in many developing countries’ agendas. However, information on what has worked well – and not so well – is limited. This study reviews a wide range of recent country experiences with universal...
Institutions and agencies involved: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD
The socialprotection.org platform has partnered with the organisers to livestream this webinar. Access this page on the date and time of the webinar to watch it live. Social protection is a human right as well as an effective tool for poverty reduction...
Organiser: Sweden - Swedish International Development Agency, SIDA
In the space of nine months, COVID-19 has spread to more than 190 countries, with over 30 million cases reported. Over one million lives have been lost. The pandemic has laid bare long-ignored risks, including inadequate health systems, gaps in social...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations, UN
Recommendations from a group of health experts, including IDS Research Fellow Dr Gerald Bloom, highlight the vital role that the G20, who are due to gather in Japan in June 2019, can play in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). UHC is a key target...
OPINION - In the last few years, the global community has established a shared and widely accepted vision on the importance and significance of global goals, such as the SDGs and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This vision has provided an opportunity to...
OPINION: The transition of the MDGs to the vastly more ambitious sustainable development goals (SDGs) in September 2015 followed a process of global and national consultations. Despite much scepticism, the collective political will and optimism of 193...
This paper enhances understanding of the conditions under which political elites embrace UHC and, particularly, the circumstances under which they pursue UHC through health insurance. The existing literature provides explanations for health insurance...
Institutions and agencies involved: Global Development Institute
The “ Introducing openIMIS – an open source solution for Universal Health Coverage ” webinar took place on 5 July 2018, and aimed to discuss the interactions between healthcare systems and information and communication technologies (ICTs), by introducing...
