Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries: Workshop Summary

by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety, Institute of Medicine, et al.

Universal health coverage (UHC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a key element in reducing social inequality and a critical component of sustainable development and poverty reduction. In most of the world UHC is sought through a combination of public and private-sector health care systems. In most low- and middle-income countries health systems are evolving to increasingly rely on the private sector because the public sector...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309374065
• ISBN13: 9780309374064
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"