Healthcare IT News January 19, 2021
Bogi Eliasen

The right to health, not just the access to healthcare, requires a holistic understanding of how we can provide a better quality of life for the individual and society, argues Bogi Eliasen, director of health, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached all parts of the globe, affecting tens of millions of people: healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor. However, the most badly affected parts of the world are also the ones where access to healthcare is not universal and is often tied to financial capacity. This has clearly highlighted the weaknesses of health systems throughout the world, but especially those that provide universal health coverage (UHC) in legislation (de jure) rather than in practice (de facto)...

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