Monitoring equity in universal health coverage with essential services for neglected tropical diseases: an analysis of data reported for five diseases in 123 countries over 9 years

Summary: Background: A service coverage index has recently been proposed to monitor progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), and baseline results for 2015 are available. However, evidence on equity in that progress is scarce. The service coverage index did not consider services for neglect...

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Main Authors: Christopher Fitzpatrick, MSc, Mathieu Bangert, PhD, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, MHSM, Alexei Mikhailov, MSc, Honorat Zouré, MSc, Maria Polo Rebollo, MD, Magda Robalo Correia e Silva, MSc, Gautam Biswas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18303073