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Thursday, 21 September 2023
Post press conference links to the WHO Virtual Press Conference on TB, UHC declarations, high-level meetings held at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT (18.00 CEST)
Audio links: [https://who.canto.global/b/MD3NS]
Video on social media channels: [https://www.youtube.com/live/QoWWbKpEi8Y?si=fMAKmnNhDNNX6jzY]
Resources for further information on progress in the fight against tuberculosis:
Status update: Reaching the targets in the political declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, September 2023 [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/WHO-UCN-TB-2023.4]
Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 [https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2022]
Information for editors:
On Universal Health Coverage
On 21 September, Member States convened at a UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting to address Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Meeting presents an opportunity for countries and stakeholders to renew efforts and accelerate progress towards achieving health for all.
On 18 September, just days ahead of the High-Level Meeting on UHC, WHO and the World Bank sounded the alarm that more than half of the world’s population is still not fully covered by essential health services and at least two billion people experienced financial hardship because of having to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare.
On Tuberculosis (TB)
Halfway to the deadline for the 2030 Agenda, Heads of State will come together on 22 September, for the second UN High- Level Meeting on TB to revitalize commitments, targets and actions to accelerate efforts to end TB. Against this backdrop, WHO will release a status update with an overview of progress made between 2018 and 2022 to reach the TB targets on prevention, care and financing as established in the 2018 Political Declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB. Speakers will also discuss the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council, officially launched by WHO Director-General, which will facilitate the development, licensing and use of new TB vaccines.
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