The basic essential healthcare benefit package (EHB) policy interventions aim to optimize efficiency while extending coverage by increasing equity of access to the defined benefits. Many low and middle-income countries introduced or updated EHBs in the 2000s. Uganda’s EHB is referred to as the Uganda National Minimum Healthcare Package (UNMHCP) introduced in the 1999 Health Policy. The UNMHCP is composed of cost efficient interventions against diseases or conditions most prevalent in the country. This report compiles evidence on the experience of UNMHCP policy at national level since its introduction in Uganda’s health system, and concludes among other things that the UNMHCP requires revisions to contribute more to the Universal Health Coverage goal SDG.
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