This week, the World Health Organization published its 2023 global health expenditure report, revealing how much of a financial toll COVID-19 took on health systems worldwide. According to the report, ...

Just over three years ago, New York City reported its first confirmed death from COVID-19. Many more followed, with over 20,000 New Yorkers dying in the devastating first wave alone. They were our ...

Women have driven the expansion of the global health workforce over the past three decades, yet substantial workforce shortages remain, according to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health.

The United States lacks universal health coverage, but it was not the only 2026 World Cup participant in that position. In Mexico, for example, 78% of the population was covered for a core set of ...

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI): Globally, about 34.4 million additional doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, and pharmacists are needed to achieve moderate universal health coverage, with the largest ...

In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted universal health coverage as one of the sustainable development goals. The aim of universal health coverage is to ensure that every person and ...

California's uninsured rate could nearly double by 2030, with the sharpest losses hitting Black, Asian and Latino residents ...

On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their longtime wish lists. They had been waiting their whole careers — for some STAT spoke with, up to nearly half a ...

Aminat Laketu with her 6-week-old baby at Ita-Elewa Primary Health Center in Ikorodu, Nigeria, where she continues to benefit from services to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child during ...

Many countries are reforming their health systems working toward universal health coverage (UHC). These reforms can be harnessed to increase equity in medicines access, affordability, and appropriate ...

Last year, California and Oregon legislatures passed laws setting deadlines for developing publicly financed, universal healthcare coverage systems. Proponents of the laws say the systems could save ...

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has gained global recognition as the lifeblood of Universal Health Coverage ...