Keeping up with UHC at UNGA Week: Blog Posts

Rallying for UHC (V): Rounding-Up UN General Assembly Week

October 15, 2013
{Photo credit: Rui Pires}

A global movement toward universal health coverage (UHC) is emerging. Fifteen global civil society organizations signed a statement urging UN countries to include UHC in post-Millennium Development goals (MDGs).

Rallying for UHC (III): Community Health Workers Can Accelerate Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa

September 27, 2013
[Emanuel Bizimungu, a community health worker in eastern Rwanda, examines a girl.] {Photo credit: Todd Shapera}

As the United Nations General Assembly kicks off general debate on the post-2015 development agenda this week, advocates of a universal health coverage (UHC) target are rallying other organizations to build and showcase support around UHC. These efforts include high-profile events on Monday and Tuesday, both hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation with partner support. On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson hosted an event on the key role of frontline health workers to efforts like these.

Rallying For UHC (II): Watch 'A Healthy Future for All'

September 27, 2013
[MSH President Dr. Jonathan D. Quick moderates the panel.] {Photo credit: Paula Champagne/MSH}

As the United Nations General Assembly kicks off general debate on the post-2015 development agenda, MSH, Rockefeller Foundation, and the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations hosted a standing-room only event rallying organizations around making universal health coverage (UHC) a post-2015 priority. "A Healthy Future For All: Making Universal Health Coverage a Post-2015 Priority" was one of two high-profile events hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation with partner support. Watch the webcast recording and view the photo slideshow of "A Healthy Future for All".

Rallying For UHC (I): Refining the UHC Message for Post-2015 Success

September 25, 2013
{Photo credit: Pan American Health Organization}

As the United Nations General Assembly kicks off general debate on the post-2015 development agenda this week, advocates of a universal health coverage (UHC) target are rallying other organizations to build and showcase support around UHC. These efforts include high-profile events on Monday and Tuesday, both hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation with partner support. On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson hosts an event on the key role of frontline health workers to efforts like these.