Title page 1

Contents 1

Social health protection and gender 2

Inclusive population coverage 5

Adequate and responsive benefit design 7

Coordination with other social protection benefits and care policies 9

Recommendations 11

References 11

Figures 4

Figure 1. Inequities in access to maternal healthcare services: Share of live births attended by skilled health personnel by wealth quintile,... 4

Figure 2. Unequal advances in service coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services, by region and type of service,... 4

Figure 3. Share of the population protected by social health protection (effective coverage) and legally entitled to access health care services... 5

Boxes 2

Box 1. Social health protection: definition and main standards 2

Box 2. Strategies to secure free maternity care in Asia 9

Box 3. Building long-term care systems in the Republic of Korea 10