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Universal Health Coverage: Myths and Challenges

Are quality healthcare services available to everyone in your country? Find out which countries in Asia provide health services for all.

ADB's Soonman Kwon examines the current status, misunderstandings, and key policy issues and challenges for ADB's developing member countries to achieve universal health coverage, ensuring access by everyone to quality health services without financial hardship.

This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.

Partnerships for Enabling Universal Health Coverage

This video provides a glimpse of the Joint Learning Network’s initiative of bringing together representatives from various government agencies around the world. The purpose is to learn, discuss, exchange ideas, and share best practices on establishing a national health data dictionary as the first step towards achieving universal health coverage.

Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Universal health coverage (UHC) is not only the most powerful single concept that public health has to offer in Indonesia, but is also in accordance with the National Law or Constitution. UHC extends high quality and equal healthcare access to all Indonesian citizens.

Developing the Investment Case for ICT in Achieving Universal Health Coverage

ICT is an important resource to support national initiatives towards universal health coverage (UHC). ICT, however, is complex and often considered an expensive investment. This session discussed ICT’s many dimensions relating to healthcare and dissected the benefits, risks, and resource decisions essential to establish a cost-effective information system for UHC.

ICT for Development for Universal Health Coverage

This session brought together thought leaders to share their experiences and discuss their perspectives on how ICT can drive development in a more efficient way and bring quality service delivery for achieving universal health coverage.

Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Universal health coverage (UHC) is the most powerful single concept that the public health field can offer. Noting the major components of UHC’s goals, including the effective coverage of universal health, are seen as crucial; hence ensuring sustainability of the UHC program would require monitoring certain approaches and indicators.

Universal Health Coverage in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Global Vision, Trends, and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Expand your knowledge on the process of developing the post-2015 development agenda. Learn the definition and measurement of progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Analyze the implications in achieving UHC and the relevance of its inclusion in the post-2015 development agenda.

Setting the Stage for Universal Health Coverage in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Global Vision, Trends, and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

This session held discussions on defining the context of ICT for measuring and achieving universal health coverage (UHC). A global overview of the latest policy dialogue on UHC was provided, followed by a regional and country perspective, and an outlook of a possible UHC monitoring and evaluation framework.

Opening Remarks - Conference on Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage with ICT in Asia and the Pacific

ADB President Takehiko Nakao in his speech touched upon three issues: (i) why strong health systems are important for development in Asia and the Pacific; (ii) why ICT is the key to strengthening health systems; and (iii) how ADB will contribute to promoting universal health coverage in developing member countries.

Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage with ICT in Asia and the Pacific

This Conference on Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage with ICT in Asia and the Pacific: Strategic Investments for Evidence and Action engaged government officials from multiple sectors (health, finance, planning, statistics, ICT), development partners, and experts to pursue a policy dialogue in increasing ICT and information infrastructure investments that accelerate universal health coverage (UHC) progress in Asia and the Pacific.

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