TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh
T2 - A call to action
AU - Adams, Alayne M.
AU - Ahmed, Tanvir
AU - El Arifeen, Shams
AU - Evans, Timothy G.
AU - Huda, Tanvir
AU - Reichenbach, Laura
AU - Ahmed, Faruque
AU - Ahmed, Shamim
AU - Ahmed, Syed Masud
AU - Azad, Kishwar
AU - Bhuiya, Abbas
AU - Mahmood, Shehrin Shaila
AU - Cash, Richard A.
AU - Chen, Lincoln C.
AU - Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi
AU - Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R.
AU - Christou, Aliki
AU - Halder, Shantana R.
AU - Husain, Mushtuq
AU - Islam, Md Sirajul
AU - Islam, Khaled Shamsul
AU - Huq, Shireen
AU - Hussain, Zakir
AU - Mahmud, Simeen
AU - Mallick, Fuad H.
AU - May, Maria A.
AU - Osman, Ferdous Arfina
AU - Peters, David H.
AU - Perry, Henry
AU - Rabbani, Atonu
AU - Rahman, M. Aminur
AU - Rahman, Mahmudur
AU - Rasheed, Sabrina
AU - F Rashid, Sabina
AU - Al-Sabir, Ahmed
AU - Standing, Hilary
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should draw on the experience of the first generation of innovations that underlie the country's impressive health achievements and creatively address future health challenges. Central to the reform process will be the development of a multipronged strategic approach that: responds to existing demands in a way that assures affordable, equitable, high-quality health care from a pluralistic health system; anticipates health-care needs in a period of rapid health and social transition; and addresses underlying structural issues that otherwise might hamper progress. A pragmatic reform agenda for achieving universal health coverage in Bangladesh should include development of a long-term national human resources policy and action plan, establishment of a national insurance system, building of an interoperable electronic health information system, investment to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and creation of a supraministerial council on health. Greater political, financial, and technical investment to implement this reform agenda offers the prospect of a stronger, more resilient, sustainable, and equitable health system.
AB - A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should draw on the experience of the first generation of innovations that underlie the country's impressive health achievements and creatively address future health challenges. Central to the reform process will be the development of a multipronged strategic approach that: responds to existing demands in a way that assures affordable, equitable, high-quality health care from a pluralistic health system; anticipates health-care needs in a period of rapid health and social transition; and addresses underlying structural issues that otherwise might hamper progress. A pragmatic reform agenda for achieving universal health coverage in Bangladesh should include development of a long-term national human resources policy and action plan, establishment of a national insurance system, building of an interoperable electronic health information system, investment to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and creation of a supraministerial council on health. Greater political, financial, and technical investment to implement this reform agenda offers the prospect of a stronger, more resilient, sustainable, and equitable health system.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62150-9
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62150-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24268605
AN - SCOPUS:84890653928
VL - 382
SP - 2104
EP - 2111
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
SN - 0140-6736
IS - 9910
ER -