Reliable electricity to advance quality health care in low-resource settings

Reliable, affordable, sustainable, and equitable electricity access in health-care facilities is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage. Decentralised renewable energy systems coupled with battery storage present a key opportunity to rapidly expand access to reliable electricity, particularly for remote facilities where grid connection is unavailable and as a backup for facilities with unreliable power. In this Series paper, we discuss several measures and policy options for accelerating health-care facility electrification, including strengthening monitoring and standardising indicators for electricity services at health-care facilities, prioritising and increasing equitable investment in energy…