Primary care system central to universal health coverage: WHO

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published Published on Apr 7, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 7, 2019
-The Hindu Business Line

Affordable quality healthcare at the community level across age groups is the key to advancing universal health coverage, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

“A well-functioning primary care system that meets most of a person’s health needs, throughout the life, is central to universal health coverage (UHC),” said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia. The theme of this year’s World Health Day, celebrated on April 7, is Universal Health Coverage, ‘Health for All: Everyone, Everywhere’.

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The Hindu Business Line, 5 April, 2019, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/primary-care-system-central-to-universal-health-coverage-who/article26749539.ece


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