The Lancet today [Friday, September 7, 2012] publishes a special collection of papers exploring the social, political, and economic issues around universal health coverage (UHC), addressing the evidence base for the effects of universal health coverage on population health, government involvement in universal healthcare, and how low-income and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia are making the transition to universal health coverage. Additionally, the Series features a Viewpoint by Jeffrey Sachs in which he asks how poor people in low-income countries can achieve an adequate standard of health care, plus Comment pieces by former Mexican health minister Julio Frenk and the World Health Organization’s David Evans.
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