The UHC Compendium is a database of health services and intersectoral interventions designed to assist countries in making progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). It provides a strategic way to organize and present information and creates a framework to think about health services and health interventions. The database for the compendium spans the full spectrum of promotive, preventive, diagnostic, resuscitative, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services, as well as a full complement of intersectoral interventions.
What will you find on palliative care in the UHC compendium?
- A list of palliative care services which can be used by health planners to develop an essential package of palliative care services.
- Within the compendium, palliative care is linked throughout to other programmes and conditions to support an integrated palliative care approach to service package design and implementation.
- All palliative care services in the compendium are linked to evidence-based resources, providing detailed information on service delivery design.