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Join us for a special guest lecture with Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert on Wednesday 14th September from 5:00-6:00pm at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.
Talk outline
How do you tackle the political economy challenges of universal health coverage (UHC)? Health reforms are never easy even at the best of times, as the rhetoric around Obamacare in the US presidential elections and in the UK around so-called “7-day NHS” demonstrates. Often politicised and contested among the many actors in the health system, health reforms are ultimately a matter of life-and-death for citizens, especially when healthcare coverage for the entire population is at stake.
Thailand is frequently hailed as a role model in the world of global health development, being a middle-income country that has achieved universal access to affordable quality healthcare. Millions of Thais have been protected from medicalimpoverishment, while spending less than 6% of its total GDP on health. It has had universal access to antiretrovirals since 2003 and most recently eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV. What key factors enabled Thailand to move the seemingly unmovable mountain blocking its path to progressive and financially sustainable UHC? Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert will share the strategy of “the triangle that moves the mountain” (TTMM): how three powers, i.e., power of wisdom, political power and social power, came together to enable sustainable systems change, and what this means for global health development in the times of Zika and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Find out more and register now via Eventbrite here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-the-mountain-towards-universal-health-coverage-in-thailand-tickets-27456515176.
Places will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis.
We very much look forward to seeing you at our event - .
Best wishes
Institute of Global Health Innovation
Imperial College London
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