Providing affordable and accessible healthcare for all has become one of the main priorities for many low- and middle-income countries over recent years by advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC). For achieving UHC, every country needs to develop its unique strategy in accordance with its context though the principles remain the same. The government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has made consistent strides towards the goal of expanding healthcare to its population.
To advance in achieving UHC in KP, the Health Department Government of KP is developing a UHC implementation roadmap. The roadmap is necessary to fill the gaps in UHC implementation and to provide a consolidated and strategic direction for UHC reforms in the province. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is supporting the Government of KP in health system strengthening including improved implementation of Universal Health Coverage, through its technical assistance programme Evidence for Health (E4H).
The E4H team under the leadership of Dr Zafar Mirza (former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Health) is working to develop a UHC implementation roadmap with a strategic plan for KP. In this regard, a consultative workshop was organized today in Peshawar to get inputs from all the relevant stakeholders on the draft roadmap. The framework for action for UHC roadmap seeks to realize the goal of the UHC in the province of KP through a whole of health system approach and for whole of the population.
