Alignment
Fragmented efforts, competing agendas and disjointed investments can lead to inefficiencies, duplication of services, and gaps in coverage. To optimize resources, UHC2030 encourages stakeholders to align with national priorities for UHC reforms.
Fostering global support for alignment with national priorities
By providing evidence-based communication and outreach and building on initiatives such as the Lusaka Agenda, the UHC2030 Secretariat convenes stakeholders to exchange information and elevate the importance of aligning with one national plan and of working within national structures to strengthen health systems.
Supporting national governments and their partners
Country compacts are written commitments made by government and development partners that describe how they will work together to improve health outcomes. In our early years as IHP+, we facilitated the establishment of these compacts to improve partner alignment with national systems, integrate new stakeholders into health sector coordination, and mitigate the fragmentation and volatility of health aid. These efforts will continue to inform our work on alignment for UHC.
Building on our legacy
UHC2030 is, at its core, about joining forces for greater impact. Our story begins in 2007 when we started out as IHP+, an international partnership that aimed to improve effective development cooperation in health to help meet the Millennium Development Goals. In 2016, IHP+ transformed into UHC2030 to respond to the health-related Sustainable Development Goals and we expanded our scope to include health systems strengthening to achieve universal health coverage.
The IHP+ approach included providing support to strong and comprehensive country and government-led national health plans in a well-coordinated way. Our partners were developing countries, bi-lateral donor countries and international development agencies, while civil society organizations were less formally involved. They believed that by uniting around a single health strategy and by changing the way we work together, the health of citizens in developing countries would improve. This legacy to improve coordination and harmonization in the health sector continues in our work today.
