The UN High-Level Meeting (UN HLM) on Universal Health Coverage will take place on 23 September 2019 during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high-level week in New York.
The theme of the UN HLM is ‘Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World.’ This is a great opportunity for all UHC champions and advocates to make your voice heard and help mobilise high-level political attention globally and in your countries.
This UN HLM will be the last chance before 2023, the mid-point of the SDGs, to mobilise the highest political support to package the entire health agenda under the umbrella of UHC, and sustain health investments in a harmonised manner.
The High-level meeting itself is open only to two groups of representatives, who must apply for registration by 9 August 2019:
- Organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC
- All entities that have been specially-accredited to the UN HLM process
However, there are a series of side events taking place around the High-Level Meeting, many of which are open to all. The following selected events are the UHC2030 hosting or co-organizing events during the 74th UN General Assembly. For a list of further events held during the UN General Assembly, please refer to the UNGA guide 2019.
For everyone who is interested in publishing their event on the UNGA guide, please use this submission form.
Tuesday 17 September
People who care: Two short plays celebrating today's health chalenges and the people who are solving them
Host: WHO, UHC2030
Venue: Schimmel Theatre, Pace University, 3 Spruce St
Time: doors open: 19:00; play starts: 19:30
Participants: public, RSVP here
Sunday 22 September
Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
Host: WHO, City of NY, UHC2030 partners
Venue: Central Park, starting at 102nd Street Transverse
Time: 7:00-8:30 warm-up activities, music, fun; 8:30 opening ceremony; 9:00 walk/run; 10:45 closing ceremony
Participants: public, RSVP here
TB Innovation Summit 2019
Host: Stop TB Partnership, PATH, Global Fund, Johnson & Johnson, Fullerton Health Foundation, and World Economic Forum.
Time: 13.30-17.30
Participants: For an invitation, which is required, please contact Jacqueline Huh at jackieh@stoptb.org
Primary Health Care on the Road to Universal Health Coverage: Launch of the 2019 Global Monitoring Report
The event will include dialogue on the power of social participation.
Host: WHO co-sponsored with World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA and OECD
Venue: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, 320 E 43rd Street, NYC
Time: 18:00 -20:00
Participants: public, RSVP required – please register here
Monday 23 September
UN High-level meeting on UHC in 2019
Host: President of General Assembly
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber and Trusteeship, UN HQ
Time: Opening: 9:00-9:30, Plenary: 9:30-13:00 and 15:00-17:30, Multi-stakeholder Panels: 11:00-13:00 and 15:00-17:00, Closing: 17:30-18:00
Participants: HOS, Ministers, Heads of Agencies, Non-state Actors
From political commitment to concrete action: The way forward on UHC
Host: WHO, UHC-P
Venue: West Terrace, UN HQ
Time: 18:30-20:00
Participants: by invitation only
Making voices heard: Social participation for equity and accountability in pathways towards UHC
Host: Thailand, WHO, UHC2030
Venue: CR12, UNHQ
Time: 18:30-20:30
Participants: UN HLM delegations and participants
UHC2030 Reception: Toast to the UHC Movement
Host: UHC2030, CSEM, MSH
Venue: Millennium Hilton Hotel, New York
Time: 20:30-22:00
Participants: by invitation only, UHC2030 members
Tuesday 24 September
SDG Summit Day 1
Time: all day
Stronger Collaboration, Better Health/ SDG3+ Global Action Plan launching event
Host: Gavi, Global Financing Facility, the Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, unicef, Unitaid, UNWOMEN, World Bank Group, World Food Programme, WHO
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber, Building CB, 2nd floor, UNHQ
Time: 11:30-13:00
Participants: by invitation only
Community and Civil Society Engagement - the key to Universal Health Coverage
Host: UNAIDS, IFRC, CSEM, GNP+, NCD Alliance and WHO
Venue: UNFPA Orange Café, 605 3rd Ave. New York City
Time: 15:45-17:45
Participants: focus on civil society, registration required
UN High-Level Meetings on Health – Hitting The Targets
Host: Stop TB Partnership, UHC2030, WHO, Japan, UNAIDS, NCD Alliance
Venue: West Terrace, Delegation Dining, UNHQ
Time: 18:00-20:00
Participants: high level multi-stakeholder (invitation only)
Wednesday 25 September
SDG Summit Day 2
Time: all day
Driving Momentum to Achieve Health for All: A Toast to PHC for UHC
Host: PHCPI, Amref
Venue: Convene, 605 3rd Avenue
Time: 18:30-21:00
Participants: by invitation only
Thursday 26 September
First High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
1,460 Days Left: Countdown to 2023 – towards the mid-point of SDGs
Host: UHC2030, UNF, GFF, WB, WHO, Save the Children, Japan
Venue: Delegates Dining Room, UNHQ
Time: 8:00-10:00, including UHC2030 Global Compact signing ceremony
Participants: UHC2030 partners and political champions (invitation only)
Universal Health Coverage – unattainable without evidence?
Host: Health Systems Global, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (Government of Georgia)
Venue: Conference Room A, UN Conference Building
Time: 10:00-12:00
Participants: UN member states and UN agency representatives, and health and development partners; register here
Key Asks from the UHC movement
UHC2030 developed the Key Asks from the UHC movement through a consultative process to provide a basis for coordinated advocacy efforts and feed into the HLM political declaration. The Key Asks featured highly during the Multistakeholder Hearing which was organised by the President of the UN General Assembly on 29 April to allow a range of partners to make their own specific statements about their hopes and ambitions for the outcomes of the UN HLM.
It is hoped the Key Asks will guide country deliberations during the inter-governmental process and support the preparation of specific commitments to UHC announced during the UN High-Level Meeting.