Key challenges include low levels of health spending, a dominant out-of-pocket payment situation, poor coordination between vertical channels of health funding, and inflexible government budgeting arrangements. There is also little financial protection for the majority of the population from catastrophic health spending.
To tackle those issues, the National Health Plan 2017-2021 provides a roadmap for achieving UHC in three five-year phases via the progressive roll out of an Essential Package of Health Services, guided by the principles of equity, inclusiveness, accountability, efficiency, sustainability and quality.
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