Primary health care contributions to universal health coverage, Ethiopia

Ethiopia has been implementing the primary health-care approach since the mid-1970s when it developed its health policy that emphasized disease prevention and control, gave priority to rural areas and advocated for community involvement. Despite consistent implementation of this approach in Ethiopia over the past three decades, comprehensive and systemic evidence on the practice and role of primary health care towards UHC is lacking in the country. This paper describes a policy evaluation to identify the successes and challenges towards achieving UHC in Ethiopia.

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Assefa, Y., P. S. Hill, C. F. Gilks, M. Admassu, D. Tesfaye and W. Van Damme (2020) Primary health care contributions to universal health coverage, Ethiopia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2020;98:894-905A. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.248328