The prioritisation of insurance coverage over care has contributed to stagnation in achieving UHC. We call on WHO to prioritise strengthening publicly funded and administered healthcare and to reimagine UHC based on comprehensive PHC.
We welcome the Draft Decision on Social participation for UHC tabled at EB154, which recognises the need to ensure that private and personal interests do not override public health goals. We urge MS to advance this approach. We call on MS to support recognition of a gender-responsive approach to social participation.
Progress on NCDs has stalled. We urge MS to prevent fragmented approaches and enhance integration of prevention, diagnosis and treatment into the primary care approach rather than introducing multiple standalone verticals.
Organ transplantation should be ethically managed as a public good, acknowledging that its increased availability often reflects the failure of preventive measures against violent and premature deaths.