Universal Health Coverage, Gender Equality and Social Protection: A Health Systems Approach

In the path towards UHC, have UHC reforms in terms of design paid explicit attention to gender and inequalities? and under what circumstances can UHC schemes help improve gender inequalities in terms of access, coverage and health services delivered?

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"Universal Health Coverage, Gender Equality and Social Protection: A Health Systems Approach"

The paper focuses on the interlinkages between policies aiming towards UHC as key element of social protection and where it has been gender-aware in conceptualisation and gender responsive in implementation.

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