This week, the World Health Organization published its 2023 global health expenditure report, revealing how much of a financial toll COVID-19 took on health systems worldwide. According to the report, ...

Kazeem AwojooduCommunity pharmacists across Nigeria will converge in Abuja later this month to advocate deeper integration into the nation’s healthcare system, with universal health coverage, ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced significant progress in Nigeria's journey towards Universal ...

In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted universal health coverage as one of the sustainable development goals. The aim of universal health coverage is to ensure that every person and ...

Just over three years ago, New York City reported its first confirmed death from COVID-19. Many more followed, with over 20,000 New Yorkers dying in the devastating first wave alone. They were our ...

On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their longtime wish lists. They had been waiting their whole careers — for some STAT spoke with, up to nearly half a ...

Many countries are reforming their health systems working toward universal health coverage (UHC). These reforms can be harnessed to increase equity in medicines access, affordability, and appropriate ...

Advocates are hoping to gather enough signatures to get a question about publicly funded health care on the November 2027 ...

Aminat Laketu with her 6-week-old baby at Ita-Elewa Primary Health Center in Ikorodu, Nigeria, where she continues to benefit from services to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child during ...

Last year, California and Oregon legislatures passed laws setting deadlines for developing publicly financed, universal healthcare coverage systems. Proponents of the laws say the systems could save ...

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has officially endorsed and promoted a groundbreaking medical ...