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Universal Health Coverage and Primary Eye Care

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UHC is defined as the availability of health services to people when and where they are required, without causing financial hardship. It includes the full range of essential health services, from health promotion to disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care [1]. For sound health policies, the two main dimensions of UHC are access to essential healthcare and financial protection.

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  1. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Khaleda Islam

  2. Directorate General of Medical Education, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    A. H. M. Enayet Hussain

  3. L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

    Taraprasad Das

  4. Orbis International, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Lutful Husain & Munir Ahmed

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Islam, K., Hussain, A.H.M.E., Das, T., Husain, L., Ahmed, M. (2021). Universal Health Coverage and Primary Eye Care. In: Das, T., Nayar, P.D. (eds) South-East Asia Eye Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3787-2_3

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