Social Health Protection (SHP) and

Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

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Test your Knowledge!

 
1. What does universal health coverage (UHC) mean? *
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a. UHC means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need,
when and where they need them.
b. UHC prevents people from being pushed into poverty when paying for health services out
of their own pockets.
c. UHC enables everyone to access the services that address the most important causes of
disease and death.
d. All of the above
 
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Well done! They are all correct. Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people and
communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health
services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these
services does not expose them to financial hardship.

 
2. UHC encompasses the 6 building blocks of a Health System. Which one of these
building blocks relates directly to SHP? *
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a. Service Delivery
b. Access to essential Medicines
c. Financing
 
d. Health Workforce

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Correct, it's Financing. Social health protection (SHP) relates to the actual Policies, system and
financing mechanisms– implemented through legislation, that focus on providing financial
protection to individuals - to make UHC possible.

 
3. Social Health Protection and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) are the same
thing? *
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a. True
b. Not true
 

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4. UHC focuses on overall health system – while SHP focuses on financial
protection , and is designed to alleviate the burden caused by ill health and reduce
the indirect costs of disease and disability. *
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a. Correct
 
b. Incorrect

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Correct. UHC and SHP have the same objective – all individuals, households and communities
have access to health services they need - but they have a different focus.