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Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Media Advisory
WHO Virtual Press Conference on TB, UHC declarations, high-level meetings
When: Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT (18.00 CEST)
On Universal Health Coverage
On 21 September, Member States will convene 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.
Speakers:
• Dr Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage, Life Course
• Dr Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage, Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO
• Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director, Global Tuberculosis Programme, WHO
Platforms: Virtual
Link:
Password: vpcNYC+21
Phone:
International numbers available: [https://who.zoom.us/u/acYdLVmtmi]
Notes to journalists:
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WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption.
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