Loss of productivity interfering with the attainment of universal health coverage in African nations

Dear Editor, The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in the year 2015 with an ultimate vision to ensure sustainable development of all determinants of health and universal health coverage (UHC) has been acknowledged as an important variable for the accomplishment of the goals.[1] In fact, the calculated estimates indicate that each nation has to spend almost US$ 271 per capita to achieve UHC. However, it has been reported that in the African region, the current financial expenditure is alarmingly less than what has been recommended for the attainment of the UHC.[1]