Monitoring and evaluating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia.

PLoS Med

Health Finance and Governance Project, Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Published: September 2014

This paper is a country case study for the Universal Health Coverage Collection, organized by WHO. Abebe Alebachew and colleagues illustrate progress towards UHC and its monitoring and evaluation in Ethiopia.

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