are citizens of the country expect the government to look after the basic needs like health care of all the people know should be excluded not should this be dependent on whether when is rich or poor since we consider all citizens to be called as basic needs should be available to people in all situations do you think that in our country the basic needs by health are available to all discuss some of the ship steps already taken by the government to provide Healthcare services to the poor suggest some measures to Endura quality in Healthcare
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Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the health services they need (prevention, promotion, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care) without the risk of financial hardship when paying for them.
This requires an efficient health system that provides the entire population with access to good quality services, health workers, medicines and technologies. It also requires a financing system to protect people from financial hardship and impoverishment from health care costs.
Access to health services ensures healthier people; while financial risk protection prevents people from being pushed into poverty. Therefore, universal health coverage is a critical component of sustainable development and poverty reduction, and a key element to reducing social inequities.
Universal health coverage is not something that can be achieved overnight, but all countries can take action to move more rapidly towards it, or to maintain the gains they have already made.
Q: What is needed to achieve it?
For a community or country to achieve universal health coverage, several factors must be in place including:
A strong, efficient, well-run health system that meets priority health needs through people-centred integrated care by:
informing and encouraging people to stay healthy and prevent illness;
detecting health conditions early;
having the capacity to treat disease; and
helping patients with rehabilitation
ensuring sensitive palliative care where needed.
Affordability – a system for financing health services so people do not suffer financial hardship when using them.
Availability of essential medicines and technologies to diagnose and treat medical problems.
A sufficient capacity of well-trained, motivated health workers to provide the services to meet patients’ needs based on the best available evidence.
Actions to address social determinants of health such as education, living conditions and household income which affect people’s health and their access to services.
Q: What services should be included in universal health coverage?
Essential health services (including for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, non-communicable diseases and mental health, sexual and reproductive health and child health) should be available to all who need them.
The dilemma for most countries, in particular low-income countries, is that they are not able to provide everyone with all the health services they need at an affordable price, even with the large increases in external donor assistance for health since 2000.
The goal should be to provide an increasing number of health services over time while at the same time reducing out-of-pocket costs to patients. Decisions about the services that can be guaranteed to the population initially, and which ones should be added over time, are based on peoples’ needs, public opinion and costs.
The priority should be to ensure access to the key interventions targeting the health Millennium Development Goals – births attended by a trained health worker, family planning, vaccinations, and prevention and treatment of diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis – while considering how to address the growing problem of noncommunicable diseases.