By IDSE News Staff
Countries with greater progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) had smaller declines in childhood vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic (
PLoS Med
2022;19[8]:e1004060. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004060).
Many previous studies indicated that universal healthcare strategies improve health service coverage, utilization and outcomes, and result in improvements in population health. However, the effects of universal healthcare on health-system