Women’s rights will drive universal health coverage

We support Simon Wright and Refiloe Mabjeane,1 who wrote on behalf of the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030, calling for a “radically different approach” to the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage (UHC) on Sept 23, 2019. However, a radically different approach means prioritising gender equality and girls and women’s health and rights in UHC, and this includes the health workforce.

Iversen K, Girard F, Dhatt R, van Daalen K, Keeling A, Pley C. Women’s rights will drive universal health coverage. Lancet. 2019 Sep 21;394(10203):1005. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31815-X. PMID: 31544740.