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Our commitment

On 4 September 2018 all countries of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region signed the UHC2030 Global Compact to progress towards UHC, making the Region the first among WHO’s 6 regions to do so. The endorsement of this Global Compact demonstrated the Region’s high level of commitment to build equitable, resilient and sustainable health systems to reach this goal.

One of the key initiatives outlined in WHO’s vision for its work with countries of the Region is to ‘launch regional essential health service and intersectoral packages to support the achievement of universal health coverage.’

The WHO Regional Office is providing technical support to countries:

on designing, developing and delivering a priority benefits package, including a model for countries in recovering stage from emergencies;

in strengthening institutional and organizational capacity to support priority setting in health care and sharing experiences of national experiences in priority setting.

UHC is possible and affordable for all countries

ACTION: Each country should use available evidence and tools to determine its own path towards UHC.

UHC is people-centred and politically smart

Action: Countries should ensure that UHC meets the needs and aspiration of its people, with their participation.

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Realization: A UHC priority benefits package provides adequately funded interventions that the population accept and to which they have equitable access.

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