Megumi Rosenberg and colleagues argue for standardised survey questions and improved data collection on unmet need, particularly in lower income countries
During the covid-19 pandemic, nearly one fifth of households in 39 low and middle income countries did not access healthcare when needed because of fear of contracting covid-19, movement restrictions, or financial constraints.1 Even in high income settings, estimates suggest almost half of young Europeans aged 18-29 had unmet needs for mental healthcare during the pandemic.2 We define unmet need as the presence of healthcare needs for which people do not or cannot receive quality healthcare.3 This may lead to poor health outcomes, high spending, and productivity loss to individuals and society.
Despite its importance for ensuring people’s right to health, current efforts to measure how well a health system is delivering services do not include unmet need. In 2023, the 76th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution requesting the
Donovan Pippus had plans to settle down with his girlfriend Christine.
A 42-year-old Kelowna man who crossed into the wrong lane on Highway 97A, killing a teenage driver who was coming the other way, was handed three years jail Thursday.
Jean-Paul Kowal was found guilty in March of dangerous driving causing death, but acquitted of impaired driving causing death. He will also serve a four-year driving ban.
After he was led away into custody, Diane Pippus, mother of Salmon Arm teen Donovan Pippus, killed on Sept. 1, 2010, piped up rot in jail, to the driver who racked up a string of road offences in the past 15 years.