Infectious Diseases of Poverty (Jan 2024)

Evidence-based universal health coverage interventions delivery in infectious disease of poverty elimination and eradication

  • Ernest Tambo,
  • Chidiebere E. Ugwu,
  • Amberbir Alemayehu,
  • Anil Krishna,
  • Agnes Binagwaho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01169-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 2

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Abstract The recent 78th United Natiions General Assembly (UNGA) declaration relaunched a new health priority and political commitment in accelerating Universal Health Coverage (UHC), adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 and are intended to be met by 2030. At mid-way point of UHC implementation, we advocate for the much needed programmatic implementation research, evidence-based interventions (EBIs) policies and strategies leadership and management capacity building to enable robust, resilient and sustainable multi-sectoral partnerships, integrated coordination and governance mechanisms capabilities in accelerating UHC package mainly infectious diseases of poverty elimination and eradication agenda. Graphical Abstract