Universal Health Coverage Day 2023: Date, theme, history and significance
universal health coverage as an essential priority for international development. In 2017, the UNGA proclaimed 12 December as International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day) by resolution, making it an official UN-designated day.
The theme for Universal Health Coverage Day 2023 is - “Health For All: Time for Action". This year’s theme urges leaders to enact policies that guarantee equitable access to essential health services without financial hardship.
The theme also reminds us that, in a world that continues to experience a growing number of climate-related health threats, now is the time to invest in resilient health systems that will ensure ‘Health For All’. By working across sectors – governments, NGOs, the private sector, and civil society – we can hold our leaders accountable and make universal health coverage a reality by 2030.
Universal Health Coverage Day aims to raise awareness of the need for strong and resilient health systems and universal health coverage. Each year on December 12, UHC advocates raise their voices to share the stories of the millions of people worldwide still waiting for health, to call on leaders to make bigger and smarter investments in health and to remind the world that Health for All is a human right and an imperative to create equitable and resilient societies.
"The world is changing in fundamental ways that have profound implications for people’s health and well-being. As countries struggle to emerge from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, they also must confront increasingly complex challenges that threaten humanity’s very existence such as the climate crisis, environmental degradation, unplanned urbanization, new and expanding large-scale conflicts," as per the WHO.Milesto
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