Parliamentarians play a key role in making universal health coverage a reality through the responsibilities they exercise in terms of legislation, budget allocation, oversight, representation and ratification of international agreements, especially in the context of addressing gaps in policy development, implementation and results. They are instrumental in institutionalizing participatory decision-making. They can also contribute to creating and maintaining meaningful and impactful engagement with diverse stakeholders.
Translating global commitments into tangible actions
Through its partnerships with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNITE Network, UHC2030 mobilizes and supports parliamentarians to translate global universal health coverage commitments into tangible actions at the country level.
In 2021, UHC2030 worked with the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF), the African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA), and a wide range of other parliamentarian networks, to develop a step-by-step Parliamentarian Guide to provide a framework to create an agenda, set milestones and take action for achieving UHC by 2030 in countries.
The guide is also available in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese.
Promoting resources for parliamentarians
UHC2030 also supports the dissemination of “The path towards universal health coverage”, an IPU handbook for parliamentarians that provides practical recommendations to support parliamentarians in using their law-making, budgeting and oversight roles to advance UHC in their countries.
