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Towards universal health coverage

In some countries, treatment can be very expensive, if not impossible, due to lack of health insurance. The level of this expenditure is enough to plunge 100 million people into a situation of extreme poverty. The Sustainable Development Goals provide that “everyone benefits from universal health coverage, including protection against financial risks and providing access to quality essential health services and to essential, safe, effective, quality and essential drugs and vaccines. affordable ”. 56% of rural and 22% of city dwellers do not have health coverage. To reduce health costs, the establishment of health insurance goes hand in hand with prevention policies: half an hour of daily exercise, the fight against smoking and addictions, preservation as well as improvement the quality of the environment, the incentive to stay in touch with nature to increase well-being and mental health

Book’s extract INSPIRATION[s] on the Sustainable Development Goals and bio-mimicry written by the GoodPlanet FoundationDesirable Futures Institute with the support of BNP Paribas Asset Management

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