We analyse nine low-income and lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia that
have implemented national health insurance reforms designed to move towards universal …

Background Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have difficulties achieving
universal financial protection, which is primordial for universal health coverage. A promising …

Summary Since the 2009 Lancet Health in South Africa Series, important changes have
occurred in the country, resulting in an increase in life expectancy to 60 years. Historical …

Mexico is reaching universal health coverage in 2012. A national health insurance
programme called Seguro Popular, introduced in 2003, is providing access to a package of …

Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is
defined as access to all needed quality health services without financial hardship. As part of …

Objective To estimate the incidence of, and trends in, catastrophic health expenditure in sub-
Saharan Africa. Methods We systematically reviewed the scientific and grey literature to …

Introduction Health financing reforms in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) over the
past decades have focused on achieving equity in financing of health care delivery through …

The African communications 'revolution'has generated optimism that mobile phones might
help overcome infrastructural barriers to healthcare provision in resource-poor contexts …

Background There is an emerging global consensus on the importance of universal health
coverage (UHC), but no unanimity on the conceptual definition and scope of UHC, whether …

Abstract Background The National Development Plan (NDP) strives that South Africa, by
2030, in pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) achieve a significant shift in the equity …