| dc.description.abstract | We are restless for change. UHC2030
is a multi-stakeholder platform
that aims to strengthen the global
movement for universal health
coverage (UHC), and we are calling
for urgent action. As stakeholders
from governments, civil society, the
private sector, development partners,
academia, and the media, we are
pushing for all countries to implement
UHC as fast as possible.
When all 193 member states of the
UN agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, they set out
an ambitious agenda for a safer, fairer,
and healthier world by 2030. UHC is a
target of SDG 3, but UHC is not only
about health; it has far-reaching effects
across economies and societies in
general.1
On Sept 23, 2019, a UN high-level
meeting will take place, with the
theme of UHC: Moving Together to
Build a Healthier World. This meeting
is the last chance before 2023, the
midpoint of the SDGs, to mobilise
the highest political support to bring
the health agenda under the umbrella
of UHC, and to sustain harmonised
health investments.
The UN High-Level Meeting must
be truly transformative, as called
for by civil society.2
UHC2030 has
developed a set of key asks (panel)
from the UHC movement3
through
a broad consultative process. We
propose an agenda for the UN HighLevel Meeting political declaration,
with milestones for achieving UHC
by 2030. Across these recommendations, we urge political leaders to
recommit to gender equality, redress
gender power dynamics, and uphold
women’s and girls’ rights, all of which
are foundational principles for UHC.
UHC2030 and the global movement
for UHC call on heads of state to lead,
legislate, invest in, and collaborate
with all of society | en_US |
