On 23 September 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be holding the UN High-Level Meeting (UN HLM) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This is a critical opportunity to mobilize the highest political support for UHC as the cornerstone to achieving SDG3 and uniting other health agendas under a common theme.

This event aims to inform all stakeholders - in and outside of global health – about the UHC Key Asks and results of the Multistakeholder Hearing for the UN HLM on UHC held on 29 April 2019 at the UN HQ in New York. It seeks to provide a momentum for UHC in the context of the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), stimulating multistakeholder dialogues in health, and to look already ahead towards the UN HLM on UHC.

SPEAKERS

• Ranieri Guerra, Assistant Director-General, Lead for UN High-level Meeting on UHC, World Health Organization
• Jemilah Mahmood, Under Secretary-General, Partnerships, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Uwe Petry, Head, Economic Affairs Division, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to Geneva
• Dessislava Dimitrova, Practice Lead, Health Systems and Joint Ventures, Global Health & Healthcare, World Economic Forum
• Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary, Medicus Mundi International – Network Health for All
   

MODERATOR

• Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Centre