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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 2d

There is NO justification for hospital detentions they are gross violation of human rights www.citizen.digital/opinion-blog...

Detain no mother, detain no child: Poverty is not a crime

Childbirth is a sacred moment, a vulnerable yet beautiful experience that reflects the fragility and resilience of life. Yet in our country, this moment too often turns into trauma.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 8d

Access to maternity services has gone backwards under Kenya's SHA reforms with teenage mothers routinely detained because they no longer can access FREE services www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrYu...

Teenage mothers unable to leave hospitals after childbirth due to unpaid bills

YouTube video by KBC Channel 1

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

An exclusive YouGov poll, commissioned by Best for Britain finds:

62% of Brits say that Brexit has been more of a failure.
Many blame Boris Johnson for it.
They associate mostly anger and frustration with Brexit.

Full research here: https://bit.ly/4mv524J

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 9d

Smart politics by US Democrats to make access to healthcare the number one issue in battling Trump and the Republicans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Crunch time: Democrats ready for shutdown standoff over Republican health cuts

Party prepared to risk government shutdown and will not support GOP bill unless cuts to healthcare are reversed

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 9d

Another shocking video of new mothers and babies detained in a Kenyan hospital. Giving everyone FREE SHA membership will end this human rights abuse www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQy6...

Viral video shows women detained at Thika Level 5 Hospital

YouTube video by Citizen TV Kenya

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 14d

It's great to see all these articles emphasising the importance of domestic financing to achieve UHC and even better that nobody is advocating a return to user fees. How times change. guardian.ng/features/hea...

Domestic financing, collaboration key to Africa’s health independence—Pamba

As world leaders converge in New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), there are renewed calls for African governments to improve their health care systems

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 14d

Gordon Brown is right - health taxes are a great way to finance UHC reforms www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...

Health Taxes Are a Win-Win

Gordon Brown shows how levies on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages could finance health spending and reduce disease.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 18d

Unlike the US, Vietnam is making rapid progress towards UHC vietnam.vnanet.vn/english/tin-...

Vietnam targets universal health insurance coverage by 2030

Vietnam has set the goal of achieving over 95% health insurance coverage by 2026 and universal coverage by 2030, with citizens to be exempted from basic hospital fees within the scope of health insura...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 18d

Gosh this is interesting. Karnataka State in India is thinking of launching a UK-style tax financed universal health system www.deccanherald.com/india/karnat...

Karnataka Eyes UK-Style NHS Healthcare Model for Universal Access

Karnataka may adopt a UK-like National Health Service (NHS) model to ensure universal healthcare. Minister Sharan Prakash Patil seeks NHS study to aid 10-year migration plan.

www.deccanherald.com

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 18d

Will Oregon win the race to publicly-financed universal health coverage in the US? www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

Nearly 15 years ago, Vermont failed to pass universal healthcare. Now Oregon is looking to do it successfully

The Oregon state board has until next September to present its official plan.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 27d

Well done Kenya re-committing to universal FREE primary health care www.kenyans.co.ke/news/115095-...

Govt Explains Free Services Under SHA

Kenyans have been urged to report hospitals charging for certain SHA services.

www.kenyans.co.ke

Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 27d

Tajikistan is making good progress towards publicly-financed UHC www.who.int/europe/news/...

Tajikistan moves closer to universal health coverage by testing groundbreaking reforms in Sughd region

Reforms to modernize health financing and governance in Tajikistan are being tested as part of a universal health coverage (UHC) pilot in the north of the country. The pilot, which launched in January...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fingers crossed www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Norway’s Labour party holds narrow lead in early election results

Party of the prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, likely to remain in government but results show surge in support for rightwing Progress party

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bravo Thailand extending its UHC benefit package to include hormone therapy transgenderfeed.com/2025/09/05/t...

Thailand adds hormone therapy to Universal Health Coverage - TransgenderFeed

Follow us to not miss our latest news Facebook Twitter Instagram Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSO) has approved a plan to make hormone therapy for gender affirmation part of its Univer...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 8

Well done Zimbabwe gearing up to launch universal free primary health care without insurance contributions iharare.com/cabinet-to-r...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 3

Modi's health insurance reforms in India are not covering enough people (only 30% of population) and are not covering enough services as they exclude PHC and medicines www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/...

70% Indians don’t have health insurance: Lancet

NEW DELHI : India has made significant progress in expanding health insurance coverage, ranking second among the six Southeast Asian countries, following Indone

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is Oregon winning the race to publicly-financed UHC in the US? www.peoplesworld.org/article/oreg...

Oregon could become first state to adopt universal healthcare

PORTLAND, Ore.—Healthcare for all is not just a utopian fantasy. According to the World Population Review, there are 72 countries that have enshrined access to medical care as a basic human right, but...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 3

Trump's Big Bill represents another big step AWAY from UHC in America pnhp.org/news/trumps-...

Trump’s Big Bill Will Make It Harder for Doctors to Give Patients the Care They Need - PNHP

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter By Hridaya Shah and Toby Terwilliger, M.D. Common Dreams, Aug. 22, 2025 Like most bright-eyed…read more

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 3

Unlike the US, Vietnam is making great progress towards UHC en.vietnamplus.vn/80-years-of-...

80 years of care: Vietnam’s health sector from battlefield to universal coverage

From modest beginnings, Vietnamese medicine has advanced to world-class standards, with surgeons now performing liver, kidney, heart and lung transplants, robotic-assisted spinal and orthopaedic surge...

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 2

As is so often the case, Slovakia's rising out-of-pocket health spending is being driven by paying for outpatient medicines www.who.int/europe/publi...

Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Slovakia

Publicaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 2

Go Xavier Becerra campaigning on a UHC platform to become Governor of California www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Xavier Becerra wants to be the 'health care governor'

The former California attorney general split with Gov. Gavin Newsom on cutting Medicaid.

www.politico.com

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 2

Publicly financed UHC coming soon to Oregon USA? wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/univ...

Could Oregon chart the course for universal health care in the US?

Oregon is on the verge of enacting a single-payer health care plan, but continued organizing is needed to secure this historic victory.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 2

If Zimbabwe's National Health Insurance Scheme is dependent on voluntary contributions it is doomed to fail www.zimlive.com/zimbabwe-fas...

Zimbabwe fast-tracks National Health Insurance scheme for 2026 rollout - Zimbabwe News Now

‘We are determined to ensure every Zimbabwean can access quality health care without financial hardship’

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great, Ireland's Slaintecare reforms are seeing doctors and patients switching to the public system resulting in health insurance becoming more expensive www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/slai...

Sláintecare reforms linked to rising health insurance costs | BreakingNews.ie

With more consultants moving to public-only contracts, fewer insured patients are treated in public hospitals.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ivory Coast is another country learning that poor people tend not to purchase voluntary health insurance. Only PUBLIC financing can achieve UHC www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/he...

'Mistrust' undermines Ivory Coast's universal healthcare dream

ABIDJAN: As patients enter a major Abidjan hospital, a large sign informs them that Ivory Coast's universal health insurance will cover some of their medical ex

www.newindianexpress.com

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