Over the past 2 decades, China has made remarkable progress in health-care service
coverage, especially in the areas of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health …

This report analyses the underlying causes of China's achievements and gaps in universal
health coverage over the past 2 decades and proposes policy recommendations for …

Background Universal health coverage (UHC) is a core element of Sustainable
Development Goals and has become a global healthcare priority. China has been …

In 2009, China launched a major health-care reform and pledged to provide all citizens with
equal access to basic health care with reasonable quality and financial risk protection. The …

China's 3 year, CN¥ 850 billion (US $125 billion) reform plan, launched in 2009, marked the
first phase towards achieving comprehensive universal health coverage by 2020. The …

Japan shows the advantages and limitations of pursuing universal health coverage by
establishment of employee-based and community-based social health insurance. On the …

1 Background In April of 2009, China's government announced its blueprint for health
system reform and development for the next decade in an official policy document entitled" …

Despite recent progress, much more needs to be done. Vertical programming (specific to
diseases or interventions) must be better aligned with health financing and coverage …

Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is one crucial target of the
Sustainable Development Goals. However, consistent trends data for UHC evaluation in …

All roads lead to universal health coverage—and this is our top priority at WHO. For me, the
key question of universal health coverage is an ethical one. Do we want our fellow citizens …