Implementation challenges for achieving universal health coverage through social health protection scheme: what can we learn from Bangladesh?

Key Points

• To identify and analyze the systemic challenges in implementing social health protection schemes for universal health coverage in Bangladesh.
• Analyzed systemic challenges in program implementation
• Assessed alignment between program design and operational realities
• Identified key factors affecting success
• Challenges were primarily systemic and reflected a misalignment between design and reality
• Identifying these challenges is crucial for the future success of health initiatives in Bangladesh
• Findings suggest lessons applicable to similar settings beyond Bangladesh