On 23 September 2019, United Nations (UN) members adopted a high-level political declaration raising the stakes in the global push to ensure everyone in the world has affordable access to health a decade from now.
The political declaration is “the most comprehensive agreement ever reached on global health,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the opening session of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, held within the context of the annual UN General Assembly. “This is a significant achievement that will drive progress for the next decade.”
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it a “landmark for global health and development.”
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