An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - universal health coverage to strengthen health security
Clark, Geoff, O'Dwyer, Michael, Chapman, Ysanne, and Rolfe, Benjamin (2017) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - universal health coverage to strengthen health security. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 5 (1). pp. 155-164.
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Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goal 3 targets aim to ensure that individuals achieve universal health coverage and that the capacity of countries, to identify early warnings, implement risk reduction plans and to respond and manage national and global health risks including emerging infectious diseases out-breaks is strengthened. Funding for the achievement of these outcomes can be erratic and weak healthcare systems do not cope well with the vagaries of fluctuating economies. Universal health coverage is achievable with formulated social health insurance programs that ensure consistent and predictable financial flows. This article deliberates the situation in the Asia Pacific region considering how funding the elimination of infectious diseases (specifically malaria) can facilitate a strengthening of weak health systems, which in turn will build economic potency and health security in the region.
| Item ID: | 55801 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2050-2680 |
| Keywords: | universal health coverage, social health insurance, malaria, Asia Pacific, health security |
| Copyright Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd and Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2018 01:25 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420311 Health systems @ 30% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420319 Primary health care @ 40% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420399 Health services and systems not elsewhere classified @ 30% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920412 Preventive Medicine @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920407 Health Protection and/or Disaster Response @ 50% |
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