Bangkok Statement on universal health coverage

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The Lancet  
Feb 11, 2012  Volume 379  Number 9815  p493 – 588
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

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The Bangkok Statement on universal health coverage
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The theme of the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 24–28, 2012, was Moving towards universal health coverage: health financing matters. At the close of the meeting, a 10-point declaration recognised universal health coverage (UHC) as fundamental to the right to health, and marked the commitment by more than 800 delegates to translate the rhetoric of UHC into better, more equitable health outcomes. Similar endorsements of UHC have been made before, including at the World Health Assembly in 2011.