Invest in health and uphold rights to “build back better” after COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis – it is a full-blown economic and social crisis that is impacting the lives and livelihoods of billions of people. This commentary examines the mutually dependent relationship between health security and universal health coverage (UHC), and how the l...

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Autores principales: Clark, Helen, Gruending, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32543338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2020.1781583
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description The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis – it is a full-blown economic and social crisis that is impacting the lives and livelihoods of billions of people. This commentary examines the mutually dependent relationship between health security and universal health coverage (UHC), and how the longstanding underinvestment in both renders us all vulnerable. It also discusses the vulnerability of services for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in times of crisis, which is compounded when these services are not included and well integrated into national UHC packages. It concludes with a call for stronger political leadership for UHC and SRHR as the global community strives to “build back better” after COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-78880562021-03-30 Invest in health and uphold rights to “build back better” after COVID-19 Clark, Helen Gruending, Anna Sex Reprod Health Matters Commentary The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis – it is a full-blown economic and social crisis that is impacting the lives and livelihoods of billions of people. This commentary examines the mutually dependent relationship between health security and universal health coverage (UHC), and how the longstanding underinvestment in both renders us all vulnerable. It also discusses the vulnerability of services for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in times of crisis, which is compounded when these services are not included and well integrated into national UHC packages. It concludes with a call for stronger political leadership for UHC and SRHR as the global community strives to “build back better” after COVID-19. Taylor & Francis 2020-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7888056/ /pubmed/32543338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2020.1781583 Text en © 2020 Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (hosted by World Health Organization). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. There should be no suggestion that the World Health Organization endorses any specific organization, products or services. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL. The authors are staff members of the World Health Organization and are themselves alone responsible for the views expressed in the Article, which do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the World Health Organization or Taylor & Francis Group.
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