"Sickness has no time": Awareness and perceptions of health care workers on universal health coverage in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Each person having access to needed health services, of sufficient quality, and without suffering financial hardship, defined as universal health coverage (UHC) by the World Health Organization, is critical to improve population health, particularly for vulnerable populations. UHC requires multisectoral collaboration and good governance, and this will require buy-in of key stakeholders; but their views are under-documented. The aim of this stakeholder analysis was to explore the awareness and perceptions of UHC by health care workers (HCWs) in Uganda.

Methods

A mixed-methods study was conducted based on primary data from HCWs including an online QualtricsXM survey of 274 HCWs (from a database of persons who had received training at an academic institution), 23 k

SUBMITTER: Ifeagwu SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11257248 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature