Risk Management and Healthcare Policy · 1 author, 1 centre
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This narrative review synthesized 118 peer-reviewed articles and grey literature sources to examine policy challenges to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa and South Asia, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This narrative review synthesized 118 peer-reviewed articles and grey literature sources to examine policy challenges to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa and South Asia, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author found that sustained underfinancing of primary health care has resulted in lost opportunities, and that significant investments and innovations are needed to compensate for pandemic-related setbacks toward UHC by 2030. As a narrative review without original empirical data, the study provides interpretive synthesis rather than quantitative evidence, and its conclusions rely on the quality and representativeness of the sourced literature.
