Hill September 23, 2021
World leaders gathered at the United Nations two years ago unanimously committed to the lofty goal of every person worldwide being able to access essential health services by 2030.
As of today, the second anniversary of the Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage, we could not be farther from that aspiration.
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we must meet health challenges directly — both those newly emerged and entrenched. We cannot risk small measures or deferred fixes, but instead, summon the courage to demand systemic transformation.
Since the 2019 United Nations General Assembly meeting, COVID-19 has widened the chasm of health inequity, first in who gets sick and dies and now also by who...