Public health, universal health coverage, and Sustainable Development Goals: can they coexist?

The UN General Assembly is currently considering proposals for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), succeeding the Millennium Development Goals. 2 SDG 3, focusing on health, specifically includes universal health coverage (UHC) among its targets. Unquestionably, UHC is timely and fundamentally impo...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2015-08, Vol.386 (9996), p.928-930
Main Authors: Schmidt, Harald, Dr, Gostin, Lawrence O, Prof, Emanuel, Ezekiel J, Prof
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Budgets
Conservation of Natural Resources - trends
Goals
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health Promotion
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility - trends
Humans
Internal Medicine
Public health
Public Health - trends
Sustainable development
Universal Coverage - organization & administration
Universal Coverage - trends
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Summary:The UN General Assembly is currently considering proposals for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), succeeding the Millennium Development Goals. 2 SDG 3, focusing on health, specifically includes universal health coverage (UHC) among its targets. Unquestionably, UHC is timely and fundamentally important. However, its promotion also entails substantial risks.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60244-6