The recent rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers hope in addressing the worst
pandemic in a hundred years. However, many countries in the Global South face great …

Universal health coverage (UHC) is defined as people having access to quality healthcare
services (eg, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care) they need, irrespective of their …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected physical and mental health worldwide, particularly
vulnerable populations with lower social and economic status. This study explored the …

Nearly 2 billion people globally have no access to essential medicines. This means
essential medicines are unavailable, unaffordable, inaccessible, unacceptable or of low …

The lack of access to safe and effective antimicrobials for human populations is a threat to
global health security and a contributor to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial …

We finally have a vaccine for the COVID-19 crisis. However, due to the limited numbers of
the vaccine, states will have to consider how to prioritise groups who receive the vaccine. In …

Background Access to essential medicines is a universal human right and availability and
affordability are the preconditions for it. In line with the sustainable development goals …

Background Access to essential medicines for the world's poor and vulnerable has made
little progress since 2000, except for a few specific medicines such as antiretrovirals for …

Purpose Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular
disease. The present study aimed to investigate the affordability and physical access to …

Very few studies exist of legal interventions (national laws) for essential medicines as part of
universal health coverage in middle-income countries, or how the effect of these laws is …