{"id":25740,"date":"2025-01-21T19:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25740"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:15:26","slug":"universal-health-coverage-day-highlights-financial-protection-for-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/universal-health-coverage-day-highlights-financial-protection-for-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Health Coverage Day Highlights Financial Protection for Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracy Romalho<\/em><br><em>December 12, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries around the globe today observed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, with a focus on the critical role of financial protection in accelerating access to essential health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized that equitable healthcare must be free of financial burdens that force families to choose between healthcare and basic necessities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus highlighted that half of the world&#8217;s population still cannot access at least one essential health service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, two billion people face financial hardships due to out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UHC Day 2024, under the theme \u201cHealth: It\u2019s on the Government,\u201d served as a reminder of the responsibility of governments worldwide to ensure that health systems are accessible, inclusive, and free from financial strain for citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ghebreyesus reiterated that health for all is a fundamental human right and the cornerstone of sustainable development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that the WHO continues to advocate for policies and measures that eliminate economic barriers to healthcare access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Observed annually on December 12, Universal Health Coverage Day underscores the importance of building resilient health systems that leave no one behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy RomalhoDecember 12, 2024 Countries around the globe today observed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, with a focus on the critical role of financial protection in accelerating access to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25741,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25740\/revisions\/25741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}