Offline: Primary healthcare is not enough

WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has made the quest for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) his defining measure of success. Since assuming office in 2017, Tedros has been a determined and admired advocate for UHC. An important milestone was achieved in 2019 with a Political Declaration from the High-Level Meeting on UHC, held in New York at the UN General Assembly (UNGA). That Declaration committed countries to accelerate their efforts to achieve UHC by 2030. This month, Tedros will join Heads of State and Government to review progress on that commitment. Their report card will be well below expectations. As the zero draft of the 2023 Political Declaration, to be finalised on September 21, concludes, “the level of progress and investment...