Topic Discuss the concept of Universal Health Coverage
and critically analyse how health systems in low and middle-income countries
can rise to the challenges of providing UHC.
Introduction – Provide a brief introduction which
should highlight the need for UHC and then provide your aims.
Discussion- Define universal health coverage and link
it to SDG 3.
3. Provide an overview of the WHO building blocks for
health system development and how these relate to UHC.
Implications- 4. Consider the challenges of health
system development in LMIC – this could be related to your own country/setting,
and propose evidence-based (part of) solutions to address the identified
challenges and thus improve health system of a setting/country;
5. Critically evaluate national/ local responses to
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in your country/setting: for example, this
could focus on financing arrangements, service provision, primary health care
focus, and by referring to identified weaknesses of the UHC indicate how those
limitations could be eliminated or reduced.
Conclusion- Effective summary of the critical
discussion points.
Presentation and Referencing- High quality
presentation that conforms to principles of academic writing and contains
minimal errors in sentence construction, grammar, and punctuation. The
assignment followed appropriate academic conventions regarding in- text
citations and referencing.
The word limits stated for this assignment excludes
the reference list at the end of the assignment but includes all text in the
main body of the assignment (including direct quotations, in-text citations,
footnotes, tables, diagrams, and graphs). Please be aware that exceeding the
word count limit will affect the academic judgement of the piece of work and
may result in the award of a lower mark. Appendices are not considered a
supplement, and thus, will not be assessed as part of the content of the assignment.
As such, they will not contribute to the grade awarded, however it may be
appropriate to use an Appendices section for any material which is a useful
reference for the reader. Please note that appendices are not included in the
word count. The majority of references should come from primary sources (e.g.,
journal articles, conference papers, reports, etc.) although you can also
utilize area-specific textbooks.