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Editorial: the political determinants of health inequities and universal health coverage

Authors: Sonja Kristine Kittelsen, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng

Published in: Globalization and Health | Special Issue 1/2019

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Universal health coverage (UHC) is “a political choice”, declared the World Health Organization’s Director-General at the High-Level Meeting on UHC on September 23, 2019 [1]. The meeting brought together heads of state, political leaders, health advocates and policymakers to renew financial and political commitment to achieving UHC by 2030, in keeping with target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But what precisely does it mean to state that UHC is political? …

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Title: Editorial: the political determinants of health inequities and universal health coverage
Authors: Sonja Kristine Kittelsen
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Globalization and Health / Issue Special Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0514-6

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