Health financing and access to effective interventions

Overview

In April of 2009, China’s government announced  its blueprint for health system reform  and development  for the next decade in an  official  policy  document  entitled "Guidelines for Deepening Health Systems Reform".  The aim  of the reform  is  to  establish universal coverage (UC) that  provides “safe,  effective, convenient, and affordable basic  health services” to  all urban and rural residents.   

This report is part of a series, The World Health Report 2010 Background Papers, which were written to inform the process of developing the key messages of the World Health Report 2010: Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage.