Health for All

Background On 12 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access…

Astana, Kazakhstan, 24 October 2023 In marking the 45th anniversary of the historic Declaration of Alma-Ata, the WHO Regional Office for Europe calls on Member States to reframe and invest…

The Government of Nepal has recently endorsed a new ten-year strategy for health financing with the aim of ensuring equitable financial management to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in Nepal.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing…

21 September 2023 “Universal Health coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world” World leaders commit to redouble efforts towards universal health coverage by 2030 We,…

International Universal Health Coverage Day: Achieve Health for All through All for Health By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day,…

The call for submissions for the 4th Edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) is now open until 31 January 2023! The HAFF aims to celebrate the art of short films as a means of raising awareness…

26 October 2021 News release (WHO) The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought into focus the stark reality of the large and growing inequities across the globe in access to health care and…