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Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia

Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia. Dr. Rajitha Senaratne Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Sri Lanka. Our Commitment. Goal 3 in Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all.

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Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia

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  1. Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia Dr. RajithaSenaratne Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Sri Lanka

  2. Our Commitment Goal 3 in Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all

  3. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) • Direct impact on a population’s health • Access to health services • More productive People • Financial risk protection

  4. Commonwealth Asia

  5. Singapore • providing and financing fair and inclusive health care building a caring society Brunei • Fullysubsidized by the government as • one of the first countries in the world to • achieve UHC.

  6. India • various public healthcare systems that provide free healthcare to people Bangladesh • 12,000 strategically located community • clinics

  7. Pakistan • Public sector devolved to Provincial Health Departments Malaysia • Well-established & efficient health sector and public health care programme is accessible to everyone

  8. Sri Lanka • Free universal healthcare and education • National priorities for decades

  9. In Conclusion We all can do More!

  10. Critical Elements of UHC • Good governance • Sound systems of procurement and supply of medicines • Health technologies • Well-functioning health information systems

  11. Let us achieve another milestone by the next meeting

  12. Thank You

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