Why Health Workers Count for Universal Health Coverage
The Health Workers Count Coalition has produced a new policy briefing on the importance of health workers for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
UHC refers to all people having access to an essential package of quality health services without the risk of financial hardship associated with paying for healthcare.
This briefing outlines why strong health workforces are essential for expanding coverage of services to those most in need and why health workers need to be considered when increasing financial risk protection and reducing inefficiencies. The briefing calls on governments to take action on health workers as part of their efforts to achieve UHC.
Download the briefing here.
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Odwe Dennis saidI would like to thank you for this article.
surely health workers save lives and if health facilities do not have skilled health professional, then quality services cannot be rendered. the ppor are forced to spend out of their pockets to get quality care form the private health care providers which will always keep them in poverty. promised must be met by our government by increasing funds for health so that our health workers are recruited, remunerated and retained to provide quality care to the poor andmarginalized groups. this will enable us to reduce mortality and morbidity at all levels.
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