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Country experiences

Afghanistan

Essential health services (2015)

Priority setting in a context of insecurity, epidemiological transition and low financial risk protection, Afghanistan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2019;97:374-376.

Iraq

A basic health services package (2009)

Lebanon

Lebanon's essential health care benefit package: A gateway for universal health coverage. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2019; doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2850.

Pakistan

Essential health services (2015)

Yemen

Essential health services (2015)

Guidance

Oortwijn, W., M. Jansen, and R. Baltussen, Evidence-informed deliberative processes. A practical guide for HTA agencies to enhance legitimate decision-making. Version 1.0.  . 2019, Nijmegen: Radboud university medical centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences.

Health financing: benefit design

Together on the road to universal health coverage: a call to action

Priority-setting for national health policies, strategies and plans

Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage

Civil society engagement

What’s in, what’s out: designing benefits for universal health coverage

Disease Control Priorities

Universal health coverage in the Global Health Observatory

Intersectoral Governance for Health in All Policies. Structures, actions and experiences. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments. Washington, DC and Oakland, CA: American Public Health Association and Public Health Institute

Advancing the right to health: the vital role of law. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

Peer-reviewed papers

Chalkidou, K., et al., Priority-setting for achieving universal health coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2016. 94(6): p. 462.

Baltussen, R., et al., Progressive realisation of universal health coverage: what are the required processes and evidence? BMJ Glob Health, 2017. 2(3): p. e000342.

Health benefits package: a centerpiece of universal health coverage (2018)

Barriers and facilitators to implementation of essential health benefits package within primary health care settings in low‐income and middle-income countries: A systematic review (2018)

Scoping literature review on the basic health benefits package and its determinant criteria (2018)

Packaging health services when resources are limited: the example of a cervical cancer screening visit (2006)

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