{"id":207,"date":"2014-12-12T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperialighi.wordpress.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2019-03-29T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:02:30","slug":"celebrating-the-first-ever-universal-health-coverage-day-12-12-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/2014\/12\/12\/celebrating-the-first-ever-universal-health-coverage-day-12-12-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the first ever Universal Health Coverage Day: 12.12.14"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"uhc-day-badge-en\"<\/a>Today, the Institute of Global Health Innovation<\/a> (IGHI) will join 500+ organisations around the world to launch the first-ever Universal Health Coverage Day<\/a>. This historic coalition will\u00a0mark the anniversary of a landmark UN resolution urging all countries to provide\u00a0universal access to healthcare without financial hardship.<\/p>\n

We believe that no one should fall into poverty because they get sick and need healthcare. Universal health coverage (UHC)\u00a0is essential for making progress against challenges like HIV, cancer, Ebola, dementia, diabetes and mental health issues \u2013\u00a0and for creating a fairer, more resilient society.<\/p>\n

Universal healthcare coverage is one of the seven forums at 2015\u2019s World Innovation Summit for Health<\/a> (WISH), which takes place in Doha from 17-18th<\/sup> February and launched\u00a0by the Qatar Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The inaugural WISH Summit in 2013 was inspired by IGHI\u2019s and the Qatar Foundation\u2019s Global Health Policy Summit<\/a> in London in 2012, which brought together over 500 ministers, policymakers, thinkers and business and health leaders from over 40 countries to discuss some of the most prevalent global health issues.<\/p>\n

Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser<\/a>, WISH brings together internationally renowned experts, who work with advisory groups to publish evidence-based reports on six to eight healthcare topics each year.<\/p>\n

Chaired by a team of experts drawn from academia, industry and policymaking, the WISH Forums look in depth at the challenges faced in each area \u2013 scanning the literature and interviewing experts in the field. The Forum reports present some of the very best innovations that have been shown to have real impact across the developed and developing world.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s WISH reports can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WISH\u2019s Universal Health Coverage Forum<\/a>, which will be chaired by Sir David Nicholson<\/a>, the previous CEO of NHS England<\/a>, will focus on creating a robust, yet accessible framework laying out the key questions that senior policymakers should consider when attempting the implementation of UHC.<\/p>\n

Sir David talks more about the forum in the video below and in a recent Guardian article<\/a> which was published today:<\/p>\n