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Published in: Reproductive Health 1/2021

Open Access 01-12-2021 | Human Papillomavirus | Commentary

Prioritizing sexual and reproductive health in the face of competing health needs: where are we going?

Authors: Akaninyene Otu, Georges Danhoundo, Sanni Yaya

Published in: Reproductive Health | Issue 1/2021

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A significant proportion of the world’s population does not have access to essential health services, incurs catastrophic health expenditure, and suffers impoverishment owing to out-of-pocket (OOP) expense. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified “achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), with one billion more people benefitting from the coverage, as a strategic priority for achieving SDG 3: “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages” [1]. Achieving UHC for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is particularly challenging as UHC requires that countries make careful choices, and, depending on the context, many trade-offs may be called for. A combination of political commitment and well-defined/coherent financing and service provision approaches are essential [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Prioritizing sexual and reproductive health in the face of competing health needs: where are we going?
Authors
Akaninyene Otu
Georges Danhoundo
Sanni Yaya
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Reproductive Health / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01068-0

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