More than 2,000 delegates from over 100 countries are to convene on Friday for a summit marking the Universal Health Coverage Day 2020, with Daily Trust taking part.
The summit on Friday, themed Lives in the Balance, is to elicit commitments by global leaders to improve the health of women, children and adolescents through Universal Health Coverage.
It will take stock of how the COVID-19 has affected progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), launch new commitments towards improving the health of women, children and adolescents, and galvanize a participatory approach from all stakeholders to ensure we can ‘do better’ during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Lives in the Balance is being staged to mark Universal Health Coverage Day on Saturday, 12 December, which calls upon all nations to provide affordable, quality health care for all of their citizens.
The theme of this year’s day is “Health for All: Protect Everyone – To end this crisis and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in health systems that protect us all — now”, putting emphasis on making sure no one – and in particular no woman, child or adolescent – is left behind.
