WORLD HEALTH DAY 2019 // THEME: WORLD HEALTH DAY 2019- UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) TO EVERYONE AND EVERYWHERE

WORLD HEALTH DAY 7 APRIL 2019 

THEME: Universal health coverage (UHC) to everyone and everywhere.

Achieving UHC is one of the targets the nations of the world set when adopting the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015.the planned target to achieve Universal health coverage (UHC) at 2030.

                              

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC)

According to world health organization (WHO) Universal health coverage (UHC) means all individuals and family and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. Universal health coverage (UHC) includes the full spectrum of essential, quality health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care.

WORLD HEALTH DAY KEY MESSAGE  

According to world health organization         

v  Health is a human right.

v  Everyone to understand and support for health for all.

v  Appormatly half of the people do not receive the health services in the world.

v  Quality of accessible primary health care is the basic foundation for universal health coverage

v  Primary health care should be the first level of contact with the health system, where individuals, families and communities.

v  Primary health care focused promotion health and prevention diseases, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.

v  Primary health care is about caring for people and helping them improve their health or maintain their well-being.

v  Primary health care covers services as screening for health problems, vaccination, information on how to prevent disease, treatment for long- and short-term conditions, family planning, coordination with other levels of care, and rehabilitation support.

v  Primary health care is always cost-effective and equitable to everyone way of health services

v  Health workers have a crucial role to play educating patientsv  Primary health-care workers know the traditions, cultures and practices of their communities

  

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) ACTION PLAN

General public

v  Health care is your right and the right of your family

v  Take care of your own health and the health of your family

v  Quality health care is good for our health, good for economies and good for society.

Health workers

v  The voice for your patients

v  Health workers have the power to change people’s lives with quality health advice and care

v  Vital role in learning about their needs and teaching them what they can do to get and stay healthy.

Policy makers

v  Health is a political choice

v  More investment in primary health care.

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) BEHIND FACTS

v  800 million people spend at least 100% of their household budget on health services

v  About 100 million people are still being pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for health care

v  Your health need to change with age

v  Primary health care is effective and efficient way to achieve health for all

v  Primary health care heart of health services.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) USES HEALTH SERVICES IN CATEGORIES AS INDICATORS

v  Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

v  Infectious diseases

v  Non communicable diseases

v  Service capacity and access.

World health organization (WHO) plan to promote health service to Universal health coverage (UHC) to everyone and everywhere at 2030.everyone have responsibility to support the theme world health day 2019.nurses are main part in primary health service so nurses should update education and advance knowledge regarding health to give quality care to everyone everywhere in this world.

                                                                                    -We are Nurses Proud to be Nurse

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