{"id":987769268,"date":"2025-04-26T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&p=987769268"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:44:54","slug":"hgpi-highlights-the-role-of-data-in-advancing-uhc-and-health-financing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/hgpi-highlights-the-role-of-data-in-advancing-uhc-and-health-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"HGPI highlights the role of data in advancing UHC and health financing"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

The HGPI report highlights the critical role of data in advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health financing, emphasising the use of international databases for effective policy development and global comparison.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 1 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||1em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

The Health and Global Policy Institute<\/a> (HGPI) has published its latest policy column, “Toward Fair Health Systems: The Power of Data in Advancing UHC and Supporting Health Financing,” under its Global Health Strategy Project. The column emphasises that achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is not only about expanding healthcare access but also about ensuring financial sustainability and social resilience.<\/p>\n

Recognising the growing international focus on UHC, particularly following infectious disease outbreaks, HGPI notes Japan\u2019s leadership in advancing UHC domestically and globally. Initiatives such as the upcoming UHC Knowledge Hub and Japan\u2019s advocacy at the Hiroshima G7 Summit underline the critical role of sustainable health financing.<\/p>\n

HGPI stresses that reliable, internationally comparable data is essential for visualising health financing systems and guiding policy. The column reviews key databases, including WHO\u2019s Global Health Expenditure Database<\/a>, the World Bank\u2019s Health, Nutrition and Population Statistics<\/a>, OECD\u2019s Health Expenditure Database<\/a>, and IHME\u2019s Development Assistance for Health Database<\/a>, among others. Each resource offers distinct strengths for different stakeholders\u2014from policymakers to researchers and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n

Amid fiscal pressures and shifting donor priorities, HGPI warns that safeguarding UHC progress requires robust data use, innovative financing, and greater domestic resource mobilisation. The Institute calls for a stronger global commitment to building data systems as a \u201ccommon language\u201d for health policy, emphasising transparency, capacity building, and cross-sector collaboration to create fairer, more resilient health systems worldwide.<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The HGPI report highlights the critical role of data in advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health financing, emphasising the use of international databases for effective policy development and global comparison. The Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) has published its latest policy column, “Toward Fair Health Systems: The Power of Data in Advancing UHC…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987769282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[122,3024,3046],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987769268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987769268"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987769268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987769297,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987769268\/revisions\/987769297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987769282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987769268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987769268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987769268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}