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

The Lancet ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 386 (9996) ◽  
pp. 928-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Schmidt ◽  
Lawrence O Gostin ◽  
Ezekiel J Emanuel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Universal Health

Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage and Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundeep Sahay ◽  
T Sundararaman ◽  
Jørn Braa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Universal Health

Two important global developments are likely to emerge as key drivers in shaping the requirements of public health informatics, defining its processes, and judging its performance. These are the challenges of measuring progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) and towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (post-2015 SDGs). To meet this challenge, four data sources—population surveys, primary care service data, hospital information, and Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)—have to be rethought, restructured, and aligned within a framework architecture informed by an Expanded PHI perspective. But architecture is in itself a problematic—with different ideologies and contexts shaping it in varied, often contradictory ways. It is only an expanded understanding of public health informatics that could help address these complexities.

Strong health systems for maternal health in the sustainable development era

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Sophie Hermanns ◽  
Jean-Olivier Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Universal Health

Abstract Maternal health is one of the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the SDGs are less focused on maternal health than their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs’ commitments to multisectoral development, health systems, universal health coverage and equity could provide the foundations for sustainable advances in maternal health.

Seeking consensus on universal health coverage indicators in the sustainable development goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Reddock
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Universal Health

There is optimism that the inclusion of universal health coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals advances its prominence in global and national health policy. However, formulating indicators for Target 3.8 through the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Indicators has been challenging. Achieving consensus on the conceptual and methodological aspects of universal health coverage is likely to take some time in multi-stakeholder fora compared with national efforts to select indicators.

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