The table below contains more information regarding the indicator.
Goal |
Goal 3 : Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages |
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Target |
Target 3.8 : Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all |
Indicator |
Indicator 3.8.1 : Coverage of essential health services |
Definition and concepts |
Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population). |
Comment and limitations | |
Method of computation |