Webinar: Universal Health Coverage
Webinar: Universal Health Coverage 7th April 2018, 15:00 GMT+0(World Health Day) In the spirit of this year’s World Health Day theme, “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere,” IPSF has put together tools and essential messages to guide, motivate and inspire you to act.
Description What is universal health coverage (UHC)? According to the WHO, “UHC means that all people and communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.” This concept is firmly rooted in the WHO’s constitution of 1948, which states that health is a fundamental human right. In addition, UHC relates to all health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations.1 Unfortunately, at least 50% of the population around the globe still does not have full coverage of essential health services.2 In this webinar, you will learn about Universal Health Coverage and how youth can make a positive impact on this global health policy initiative.
Speaker Dr. Githinji Gitahi Amref Health Africa Group Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair of the UHC2030 Dr. Gitahi joined Amref Health Africa in June 2015. Amref Health Africa is the largest Africabased non-profit working in over 35 African countries serving over 13 million people with essential health services. Until his appointment at Amref Health Africa, Dr. Gitahi was the Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, Smile Train International, where he successfully launched a sustainability program in Rwanda known as Rwanda Smiles and established partnerships for long-term sustainability with various African governments. He oversaw over 65,000 free cleft-lip repair surgeries and grew the number of free surgeries provided from 2,000 per year to over 10,000 per year. Prior to that, he worked with the Nation Media Group, where he was the Managing Director for Monitor Publications in Uganda as well as General Manager for Marketing and Circulation in East Africa. He was instrumental in improving the key pillars of technology and innovations. He also held progressively senior positions at GlaxoSmithKline where he created lasting relationships with Kenya’s key medical bodies such as the Kenya Medical Association, Kenya Dental Association and Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya, among others. He also worked at the Avenue Group and in the insurance industry. About Amref Health Africa Group Amref Health Africa was originally founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa by three surgeons — Dr. Thomas Rees, Sir Michael Wood and Sir Archibald McIndoe — who flew light aircraft to bring emergency health care to remote communities. Today, is now focused on training health workers at all levels and strengthening community health systems. They use African solutions to tackle critical African health challenges with African expertise. Over 90% of our staff working on the ground is African. Please register for the webinar using this link as soon as possible. We will have limited spots! If you have any questions, please contact Yu-Lin Tsai, Chairperson of Public Health. (publichealth@ipsf.org)
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http://www.who.int/health_financing/universal_coverage_definition/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs395/en/