Ensuring accelerated accessibility and affordability of treatment services for COVID-19 patients in Zimbabwe : an urgent call to action

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dc.contributor.author Murewanhema, Grant
dc.contributor.author Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa
dc.contributor.author Herrera, Helena
dc.contributor.author Musuka, Godfrey
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-18T10:33:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-18T10:33:50Z
dc.date.issued 2021-10
dc.description.abstract Timely access to quality healthcare services is a basic human right. Governments globally have a responsibility to ensure wider coverage and access, particularly to essential and lifesaving healthcare services. For these reasons, there has been a strong call for universal health coverage. Private medical insurance promotes inequalities in accessing care, perpetuated by ever-widening socioeconomic gaps. In resource-constrained settings, the lower and more vulnerable social classes suffer more from disparities during crisis times such as the COVID-19 pandemic. en_US
dc.description.department School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) en_US
dc.description.librarian dm2022 en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.samj.org.za en_US
dc.identifier.citation Murewanhema, G., Dzinamarira, T., Herrera, H. et al. Ensuring accelerated accessibility and affordability of treatment services for COVID-19 patients in Zimbabwe: An urgent call to action. South African Medical Journal, vol. 111, no. 10, pp. 922, oct. 2021. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i10.16035. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2078- 5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn 0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.other 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i10.16035
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87787
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Health and Medical Publishing Group en_US
dc.rights This open-access article is distributed under Creative Commons licence CC-BY-NC 4.0. en_US
dc.subject Healthcare en_US
dc.subject Universal health coverage (UHC) en_US
dc.subject Accessibility en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_US
dc.subject Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) en_US
dc.subject Affordability en_US
dc.subject Zimbabwe en_US
dc.title Ensuring accelerated accessibility and affordability of treatment services for COVID-19 patients in Zimbabwe : an urgent call to action en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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