Population-Level Approaches to Universal Health Coverage in Resource-Poor Settings: Lessons from Tobacco Control Policy in Vietnam

作者：Higashi Hideki^*; Khuong Tuan A; Ngo Anh D; Hill Peter S

来源：Medicc Review, 2011, 13(3): 39-42.

• Health promotion
• health policy
• smoking
• tobacco
• developing countries
• population-based planning
• Vietnam

Population-based health promotion and disease prevention approaches are essential elements in achieving universal health coverage; yet they frequently do not appear on national policy agendas. This paper suggests that resource-poor countries should take greater advantage of such approaches to reach all segments of the population to positively affect health outcomes and equity, especially considering the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases and associated modifiable risk factors. Tobacco control policy development and implementation in Vietnam provides a case study to discuss opportunities and challenges associated with such strategies.

• 出版日期2011-7