TY - JOUR
T1 - Unveiling the contributions of immunization for progressing towards Universal Health Coverage
AU - Ota, Martin O.C.
AU - de Moraes, Jose C.
AU - Vojtek, Ivo
AU - Constenla, Dagna
AU - Doherty, T. Mark
AU - Cintra, Otavio
AU - Kirigia, Joses M.
N1 - Funding Information:
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA funded the research and was involved in all stages of its conduct, including analysis and interpretation of the data. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA also funded all costs associated with the development and publication of this manuscript. Authors thank MediTech Media for editorial assistance and manuscript coordination, on behalf of GSK Vaccines. Dr Michael Patan provided medical writing support and Dr Danielle Lindley coordinated manuscript development and editorial support. All authors contributed equally to the development of this review and approved the final version; no author received funding for the development of this manuscript. The authors would also like to thank Professor Joseph Okeibunor and Dr Anil Dutta for their contribution to the development of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The aim of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages; including reducing maternal and child mortality, combating communicable and non-communicable diseases, and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). UHC aims to provide everyone with equal access to quality essential and comprehensive healthcare services including preventions, interventions, and treatments, without exposing them to financial hardship. Making progress toward UHC requires significant investment in technical and financial resources and countries are pursuing the implementation of cost-saving measures within health systems to help them achieve UHC. Whilst many countries are far from attaining UHC, all countries, particularly low- and middle-income countries, can take steps toward achieving UHC. This paper discusses key data showing how immunization is a fundamental, cost-effective tool for reducing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious disease in all populations, creating more productive communities, reducing treatment costs, and consequently, facilitating social and economic advancement. Immunization is key to advancing toward UHC by relieving the burden that diseases place on the healthcare services, freeing essential resources to use elsewhere within the healthcare system. Immunization is an essential, readily available strategy that countries can deploy to achieve UHC and the SDG3 agenda.
AB - The aim of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages; including reducing maternal and child mortality, combating communicable and non-communicable diseases, and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). UHC aims to provide everyone with equal access to quality essential and comprehensive healthcare services including preventions, interventions, and treatments, without exposing them to financial hardship. Making progress toward UHC requires significant investment in technical and financial resources and countries are pursuing the implementation of cost-saving measures within health systems to help them achieve UHC. Whilst many countries are far from attaining UHC, all countries, particularly low- and middle-income countries, can take steps toward achieving UHC. This paper discusses key data showing how immunization is a fundamental, cost-effective tool for reducing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious disease in all populations, creating more productive communities, reducing treatment costs, and consequently, facilitating social and economic advancement. Immunization is key to advancing toward UHC by relieving the burden that diseases place on the healthcare services, freeing essential resources to use elsewhere within the healthcare system. Immunization is an essential, readily available strategy that countries can deploy to achieve UHC and the SDG3 agenda.
KW - Universal Health Coverage
KW - Vaccination
KW - healthcare
KW - immunization
KW - public health
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U2 - 10.1080/21645515.2022.2036048
DO - 10.1080/21645515.2022.2036048
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35239460
AN - SCOPUS:85126021054
SN - 2164-5515
VL - 18
JO - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
JF - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
IS - 1
M1 - 2036048
ER -