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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467555603321

Titolo

The road to universal health coverage : innovation, equity, and the new health economy / / edited by Jeffrey L. Sturchio, [and three others] ; foreword by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4214-2956-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 286 pages :) : illustrations ;

Disciplina

368.38/2

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the road to universal health coverage : progress, prospects and the private sector / Jeffrey L. Sturchio and Louis Galambos -- Conceptualizing the health economy / Ilona Kickbusch and Christian Franz -- The relationship between health employment and economic growth / Pascal Zurn, Jim Campbell, Jeremy Lauer, Ibadat Dhilon, Tana Wuliji, and Jean-Louis Arcand -- Engagement of the private sector in advancing UHC : understanding and navigating : major factors for success / Nathan J. Blanchet, Adeel Ishtiaq, and Cicely Thomas -- Innovative initiatives from the private sector : what have been the experiences? what opportunities lie ahead and how can they be harnessed more effectively? / Donika Dimovska and John Campbell, Jr -- Healthy women, healthy economies : essential facets of universal health coverage / Felicia Marie Knaul, Belen Garijo, Christine Bugos, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, and Yasmine Rouai -- Reframing the pharmaceutical sector contribution to access to medicines and universal health coverage : a business ethics perspective / Michael Furst -- Private sector joins the trek on India's meandering path to universal health coverage / K. Srinath Reddy -- A reality check : Sierra Leone, the private sector, sustainable development goal 3 and universal health coverage / Sowmya Kadandale and Robert Marten -- How can the private sector help countries to achieve quality, sustainable UHC : Pfizer's flight against chronic diseases / Justin McCarthy -- Novartis social business : a novel approach to expanding health care in



developing countries / Harold Nusser -- Conclusion: prospects / Christian Franz, Louis Galambos, Ilona Kickbusch and Jeffrey L. Sturchio.