The ICEH researchers Fernando C. Wehrmeister and Luisa Arroyave participated in the workshop “Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Latin America: the role of quality of care research,” which took place virtually on October 6-7, 2020. The workshop, organized by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the Academia Nacional de Medicina of Argentina (ANM), had as its objective "to establish the progress made towards achieving quality Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Latin America and consider the role that research can play in improving the quality of care provided."

During the meeting, participants were stimulated to think about UHC identifying approaches that could improve research on the quality of the care provided. The meeting was focused on three key areas: Public Health, Healthcare access/coverage, and Health and other sectors. Discussions dealt with the barriers and challenges to implementing effective UHC in Latin America, mechanisms to support implementation, scale-up and monitoring in the future, and priority action areas to support engagement in the UHC agenda.