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WHO and the World Bank Group recommend that countries pursuing universal health coverage should aim to achieve a minimum of 80% population coverage of essential health services, and that everyone should be protected from catastrophic health spending. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstre am/10665/174536/...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015-08, Vol.93 (8), p.515-516
Main Author: [Unknown]
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood diseases
Committees
Disease
Displaced persons
Ebola virus
Emergency preparedness
Epidemics
Excise taxes
Expenditures
Global health
Health policy
Health services
Humanitarianism
Low income groups
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Public health
Smoking
Tax increases
Tax rates
Tobacco
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Summary:WHO and the World Bank Group recommend that countries pursuing universal health coverage should aim to achieve a minimum of 80% population coverage of essential health services, and that everyone should be protected from catastrophic health spending. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstre am/10665/174536/1/9789241564977_ eng.pdf?ua=1 Mental health atlas Many low- and middle-income countries do not have enough mental-health care providers and thus fall short of universal coverage of mental health services as envisaged in WHO's Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020, according to a new report.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.15.010815