According to a report prepared by the United Nations, more than half of the world’s population is still not covered by basic health services.
Publika.az reports that the Global Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage (IHC) for 2023 prepared jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank has been published.
This report, released ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, reveals a startling fact based on the latest available evidence: More than half of the world’s population is still not covered by basic health services. In addition, 2 billion people face serious financial difficulties paying out-of-pocket for the services and products they need.
Director General of WHO Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said that the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that healthy societies and economies depend on healthy people:
“The inability of so many people to access accessible, quality, primary care puts not only their own health at risk, but also the stability of societies and economies. We urgently need stronger political will to increase health and primary care. We need decisive change to transform health-based health systems.”
Progress in primary health care is slowing. Although health coverage has improved since the turn of the century, progress has slowed since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Note that there was no progress from 2019 to 2021.
Aysel Shahmar
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