Universal health coverage is coming to the world’s developing countries.
As recently as a year ago, it was still uncertain whether UHC would gain enough support for inclusion in the post-2015 sustainable development framework. Today, as health groups recognize UHC Day, the argument on UHC “has been won, and won remarkably quickly,” as The Lancet editors put it. UHC’s place in post-2015 appears secure and the range of constituencies supporting UHC has grown considerably.
Bringing UHC to the global agenda has been an international collaboration. It’s created a large coalition behind the concept of health for all — bringing needed health services to everyone and reducing the financial burden of paying for care.
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Jonathan Jay
Jonathan S. Jay is an attorney, bioethicist and senior writer for Management Sciences for Health, a global nonprofit that develops sustainable health systems in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Previously affiliated with Georgetown University and the National Institutes of Health, Jay serves as coordinator of Health for All Post-2015, a global campaign of civil society organizations advocating for universal health coverage in the post-2015 development agenda.
