Monitoring equity in universal health coverage with essential services for neglected tropical diseases: an analysis of data reported for five diseases in 123 countries over 9 years

• Main Authors: Christopher Fitzpatrick, MSc (Author), Mathieu Bangert, PhD (Author), Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, MHSM (Author), Alexei Mikhailov, MSc (Author), Honorat Zouré, MSc (Author), Maria Polo Rebollo, MD (Author), Magda Robalo Correia e Silva, MSc (Author), Gautam Biswas, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: A service coverage index has recently been proposed to monitor progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), and baseline results for 2015 are available. However, evidence on equity in that progress is scarce. The service coverage index did not consider services for neglecte...