As heads of state and senior global development leaders gather today for a Financing for Development meeting against a backdrop of falling global health funding, we urge for decisions now on rethinking how we can finance health for universal access to care.
Recent freezes and cuts in official development assistance threaten to thwart progress toward universal health coverage, or UHC, and health-related Sustainable Development Goal targets.
These decisions have already reduced access to essential health services — including for sexual and reproductive health, HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria — and endangered millions of lives.
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About the authors
Dr. Magda Robalo
Dr. Magda Robalo is the UHC2030 co-chair and interim executive director of Women in Global Health. A visionary leader in global health, she has spearheaded successful initiatives as president and co-founder of the Institute for Global Health and Development, former minister of health of Guinea-Bissau, and senior positions in the World Health Organization Africa region.
Dr. Pamela Cipriano
Dr. Pamela Cipriano is an internationally recognized nursing leader. As the UHC2030 co-chair, she has been instrumental in shaping policies that promote quality and affordable health care services. She is the International Council of Nurses president and University of Virginia professor and previously served as the UVA School of Nursing dean and American Nurses Association president.
Rajat Khosla
Rajat Khosla has been the executive director of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health since May 2024. He previously directed the International Institute on Global Health and worked at the World Health Organization and UN Human Rights on global health, rights, and inequalities. Rajat has advised major United Nations agencies, published widely, and holds affiliations with the University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and the University of Essex Human Rights Centre.
