Strategic Shift Toward Health Equity: Strengthening Rehabilitation Services into Cambodia’s Universal Health Coverage
In line with World Health Organization (WHO) principles for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the Australian Government, through the ACCESS 2 program, is supporting the transformative shift in Cambodia’s rehabilitation work. The program is facing a strategic transition from social welfare-led physical rehabilitation toward gradual strengthening and expanding within the Ministry of Health (MoH) public health system, known as a hospital-based rehabilitation unit (HBRU)[1]. Strengthening rehabilitation services under the MoH framework ensures they are treated as essential, mainstream healthcare...


