International Universal Health Coverage Day, 12th December

It is a call for leaders to invest in health systems and primary healthcare for all – leaving no one behind. The International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day aims to raise awareness of the need for strong and resilient health systems and universal health coverage with multi-stakeholder partners. The general message of their annual campaigns is to highlight the need to protect everyone regardless of where they live and to ensure that they have access to primary healthcare. The main three areas of interest of the UHC focus on population coverage, service coverage, and financial protection.

The 2023 theme Health for All: Time for Action is to remind us that with the increasing number of climate-related threats, countries must invest in resilient and equitable health systems with primary care as the foundation. The subthemes focus on specific actions such as:

• Investing in universal health coverage
• Strengthening health systems
• Expanding primary healthcare
• Working across sectors and communities
• Promoting innovation to reach everyone

 Resources for classroom activities:

• Listening/Interpreting activity: WHO: Universal Health Coverage – What does it mean?
• Reading activity: WHO downloadable report: Primary health care on the road to universal health coverage: 2019 monitoring report
• Translation activity: Downloadable graphics with logo and text suggestions for social media posts and presentations in various languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
• Writing activity: Downloadable Word/PDF/PowerPoint flyer template for letters and presentations

Resources

https://universalhealthcoverageday.org/

https://universalhealthcoverageday.org/toolkit/

https://www.un.org/en/observances/universal-health-coverage-day