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The global community has committed to work together to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this, at least half the world’s population still lack access to essential health services and increasing numbers of people are being are pushed into poverty by having to spend too much of their household budgets on healthcare expenses.

Achieving a world in which all people can get the health services they need without financial hardship requires bold actions from governments. There is no single path to achieving UHC and countries must define their own essential health service packages and detailed pathways.

The challenge now is to translate aspirations into achievements. The first-ever High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage taking place in September 2019 provides a unique opportunity to galvanise political action needed to drive progress on UHC. We encourage governments and partners to make sure it is a truly transformational moment.

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A report by the Rockefeller Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) focuses on how and why inequity – unfair and avoidable inequalities – should be prioritised as countries progress on the path towards UHC. Investing in equitable progress towards UHC will save lives. It will improve health status, increase productivity, and contribute to economic growth and stronger household resilience.

This report identifies policy options that governments and donors should consider when implementing reforms for UHC and estimates the effect this could have on health outcomes, setting out the implications for the post- 2015 sustainable development framework.

Research for this report includes:

a structured literature review
key informant interviews
an econometric analysis of the impact of more equitable h