Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

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class="field-items"> <div class="field-item field-item-0 even"> <div id="node-52936" class=" node node-v2-c-simple-text view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="content-node-descr"> <div class="field field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-name-field-description"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item field-item-0 even"> <p><strong>NEW YORK/GENEVA, 23 September 2019</strong>—UNAIDS welcomes the strong commitment made by United Nations Member States to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. Member States recommitted to achieving UHC at the first ever United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, which took place in New York, United States of America, on 23 September. During the meeting, United Nations Member States adopted a political declaration on UHC in which they reaffirmed the right of people to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health as an integral part of the Sustainable Development Goals.</p> <p>In the worrying context of shrinking civic space, UNAIDS is encouraged by the call made by Member States in the political declaration to engage civil society in health system governance, in health policies and in the UHC review process. Engaging civil society and communities worldwide will be critical to ensuring the overall success of UHC.</p> <p><a href="https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2019/september/20190923_UHC"><strong>Read full press release</strong></a><strong> | <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/74/L.4" target=_blank">Political Declaration on UHC (pdf)</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row clearfix to-open-rest-content"> <span class='r-more'>Read more</span> <i class="fa fa-angle-down" aria-hidden="true"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-item field-item-2 even"> <div class="content field"> <div class="field field-name-field-component-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item field-item-0 odd"> HIV and universal health coverage — A guide for civil society </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-component field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item field-item-0 even"> <div id="node-52933" class=" node node-v2-c-simple-text view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="content-node-descr"> <div class="field field-type-text-long field-label-hidden field-name-field-description"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item field-item-0 even"> <p>The aim of universal health coverage is that everyone has access to the quality health services they need without suffering financial hardship owing to the cost of paying for those services. Universal health coverage should include quality essential health services—covering health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation<br /> and palliative care—though a clearly defined health benefit package.</p> <p>It is important that HIV is included in the health benefit package. That funding for HIV comes from external sources is not a reason for the service not to be included in the health benefit package. 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