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. 2015 Mar;27(1):34-7.
doi: 10.4314/mmj.v27i1.9.

The importance of Leadership towards universal health coverage in Low Income Countries

A Gonani  1 , A S Muula  2
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The importance of Leadership towards universal health coverage in Low Income Countries

A Gonani et al. Malawi Med J. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

Universal health coverage--defined as access to the full range of the most appropriate health care and technology for all people at the lowest possible price or with social health protection--was the goal of the 1978 Alma-Ata Conference on Primary Health Care in Kazakhstan. Many low-income (developing) countries are currently unable to reach this goal despite having articulated the same in their health-related documents. In this paper we argue that, over 30 years on, inadequate political and technical leadership has prevented the realization of universal health coverage in low-income countries.

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