2nd Edition: Health Equity and Universal Health Coverage

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the second edition of our Special Issue, titled “2nd Edition: Health Equity and Universal Health Coverage”. 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Universal Health Coverage (UHC) implies that "all people and communities receive the health services they need without limitations due to their economic situation”. Universal health coverage must include not only the treatment of acute and chronic diseases but also activities focused on the prevention of health problems, rehabilitation and palliative care, health protection, and health promotion, including physical and mental health across the life course. 

Achieving UHC is one of the targets nations set when they adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Additionally, it is a prerequisite for health equity; hence, the importance of scientific studies on the progress being made towards this goal and on whether all types of health services are affected to the same extent. It is also important to collect evidence on how advances in UHC affect health outcomes across different social groups (defined by gender, age, social class, race, etc.). Lastly, it is also of interest to know proposals and reflections on how to achieve and implement sustainable policies that bring us closer to the objective of equity in health and UHC.

Prof. Dr. Inmaculada Mateo-Rodríguez
Prof. Dr. Antonio Daponte-Codina
Guest Editors

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