"UHC in Emerging Economies": International Leaders Discuss: Blog Posts

Celebrate Solutions: Expanding Universal Health Coverage to Save Lives

January 28, 2014
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Cross-posted with permission from WomenDeliver.org.

Can We Improve Global Health while Preserving Wealth? Watch High-Level UHC Discussion Jan. 14

January 13, 2014
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MSH President & CEO Dr. Quick on 9:30 AM panel; Watch webcast below Hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the one-day conference, "Universal Health Coverage in Emerging Economies," will feature Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank and other high-level panelists examining how universal health coverage (UHC) could improve health in low- and middle-income countries while preserving economic gains.

New from MSH's Dr. Quick in PLoS Medicine: Improving Women's Health through UHC

January 07, 2014
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In a new article in PLoS Medicine, MSH President and CEO Jonathan D. Quick argues that the global movement towards universal health coverage (UHC) can be a boon for women’s health—but only if it is designed, implemented and monitored correctly. The piece, coauthored by MSH’s Jonathan Jay and Harvard School Public Health’s Ana Langer, considers UHC’s ascendance as a leading priority in global health and addresses concerns that UHC efforts might leave women’s health behind.

Post-2015: Sustainable Health Development Requires UHC: Dr. Quick on Devex

June 26, 2013
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This post originally appeared on Devex.com.The Afghan health system was in shambles after the Taliban government was chased from power in December 2001. Immunization rates had fallen below 20 percent and nine out of ten women were on their own for labor and delivery. Suhaila Seddiqi, newly appointed as public health minister, could have begun her tenure with highly visible and politically popular moves like building hospitals in the major cities. She didn’t.

Making UHC Work for Women

May 26, 2013
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(This post has also appeared on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation blog, Impatient Optimists and on the blog of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition.)