The role of Primary Health Care, primary care and hospitals in advancing Universal Health Coverage

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK drlukeallen@gmail.com.
² Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ LSHTM, London, UK.
⁶ Health Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ University of Ghana, Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana.
⁸ World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁹ Kenya Association Family Physicians, Nakuru, Kenya.
¹⁰ Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ International Institute for Primary Health Care, Addis, Ethiopia.
¹² Department of Family and Community Medicine, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹³ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Luke N Allen et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 7;8(12):e014442.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014442.

¹ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK drlukeallen@gmail.com.
² Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ LSHTM, London, UK.
⁶ Health Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ University of Ghana, Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana.
⁸ World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁹ Kenya Association Family Physicians, Nakuru, Kenya.
¹⁰ Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ International Institute for Primary Health Care, Addis, Ethiopia.
¹² Department of Family and Community Medicine, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹³ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Health policy; Health systems.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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