At UNGA, Civil Society Must Mobilize Global Solidarity for Universal Health Coverage

At UNGA, Civil Society Must Mobilize Global Solidarity for Universal Health Coverage By , Founding Executive Director, African Center for Global Health and Social TransformationcbalesSeptember 12, 2023September 12, 2023 12:00 PMAs world leaders prepare for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, it ’s important for those of us in civil society to prepare ourselves ideologically to engage, especially for pushing leaders to make commitments during the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on September 21. The theme for this important gathering is Universal health coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world.We all have a right to life and to health.We need to remind ourselves of the basics, namely that health of the people is a precondition for productive lives. The right to life and to health, articles 3 and 5 of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UNGA in 1948, is also a right to responsive health systems.As we know, quality of life varies between regions and within countries. In some cases, there is unacceptable poverty and lack of social justice and equity —including in access to quality health care. In fact, at least half of people around the world still lack access to essential health services, including maternal care, HIV treatment, family planning, and vaccines. This is in a world that is connected, interdependent, and globalized with knowledge and resources to achieve ...
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