Quick Take: What is UHC Day?
Global health advocates designate December 12 as Universal Health Coverage Day, marking the date in 2012 when the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution urging countries to accelerate their progress toward this standard.But ten years since that historic bit of fanfare, many countries are still a long way from reaching universal access to health services, says Osondu Ogbuoji, MBBS, deputy director of DGHI’s Center for Policy Impact in Global Health (CPIGH).
Ogbuoji explains in this Quick Take why it’s important to recognize UHC Day. For more on how he and Duke policy experts plan to advance the goals of UHC on December 12, read our article: https://globalhealth.duke.edu/news/qu...