Delivering health for all: the critical role of gender-responsive health systems
Published on March 11, 2024
This International Women's Day (March 8), the Coalition of Partnerships for UHC and Global Health and the Alliance for Gender Equality and UHC are calling for countries to take a gender-responsive approach to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). UHC can only be achieved when gender inequalities and other drivers of inequality within and beyond health systems are addressed.
Gender equality includes equal rights and equitable access to health services, for all individuals in all their diversity, and is fundamental to UHC. According to WHO, UHC means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship.