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World: Global Brief - Global Programme Health

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Source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Country: World

Spearheaded by the Millennium Development Goals, significant progress has been made in the field of health over the past 15 years, particularly in reducing child mortality and controlling diseases like TB and malaria. This is, of course, a welcome development.

But focusing on specific diseases sometimes detracts from strengthening health systems overall, which is essential to progressively reach the goal of universal health coverage. For example, significant resources were made available to tackle the Ebola outbreak. However, now more resources are needed to train nurses in the countries that were affected, because hundreds of them did not survive the epidemic.

The third Sustainable Development Goal is dedicated to health. It can only be achieved when every person in every community can access good-quality health services without facing financial difficulties.

Achieving universal health coverage thus depends on a number of interconnected factors. Which is why it is more than just a goal, but an approach that involves thinking in a systemic way. The SDC seeks to advance universal health coverage and prioritises activities that are aimed at strengthening health systems.

In this Global Brief, you can find out about the SDC’s global engagement via the P4H (Providing for Health) network to increase cooperation among stakeholders in the field of health and to promote viable and fair financing.

We hope you enjoy reading this edition.

Dominique Favre Deputy assistant director


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