Health in Bhutan

  • Bhutan has made significant evolution in all three dimensions of universal health coverage

    BHUTAN, 2014/04/25 Bhutan has made significant evolution in all three dimensions of universal health coverage, a statement on a recent assessment completed by the country’s Health Ministry has showed. It says Bhutan’s health system provides additional than 75 % of all health coverage with the majority of its people having access to good-quality services, health workers, medicine and technology at low cost. “Bhutan, as for other nations of the South-East Asia Region, presently needs to strengthen efforts to counter the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, particularly through preventive activities that are low-cost and sustainable,” said World