“We cannot have an equitable recovery from the pandemic if we leave the most vulnerable in our communities behind. This includes the zero-dose children who have not received a single vaccine shot. We need strong collaboration across agencies and with countries so that we can reach zero dose children, and expand access to families who are missing out on crucial primary health care services."

- Dr Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

“There can be no doubt: partnership and collaboration are a critical way forward to support country leadership in addressing the overlapping challenges and crises that are preventing millions of women, children and adolescents to survive and thrive.”

- Dr Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank and Director, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents

“The GAP helped to raise awareness about decent work deficits in the health sector and the need for sustainable investments in the health workforce, including in decent working conditions and equipment.”

- Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization

"We began 2022 facing unprecedented health challenges. If we are going to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3: health and well-being for all, we need to turbocharge our collaboration, funding and commitment to fight today’s health crises and prepare for the health threats we know will come. The most effective way to do this is an integrated approach where we leverage each other’s strengths to maximize our resources and our impact."

- Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund

“To ensure a resilient recovery, and to meet the health-related SDGs, leaders will need to take courageous actions to tackle the inequalities holding back progress. Leaders need to work in true partnership with community-led organisations, empower women and girls, end discrimination, ensure that new health technologies reach everyone who needs them, and invest in health and in social protection. To emerge from the crisis, the only realistic strategy is to be bold.”

- Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS

“The COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, humanitarian emergencies and other shocks reinforce the fragility of health and human security. Life expectancy - our gold standard measurement of global health - has declined for two years running in the wake of COVID-19. Regaining lost ground on the health-related SDGs, preparing for future crises, and realizing a world where both people and planet thrive is crucial. With SDG3 GAP partners, UNDP is supporting countries to tackle the determinants of health using innovation, data and digital solutions to strengthen equitable, resilient, and sustainable systems for health which leave no one behind and reach the furthest behind first.”

- Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

“The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that strong, high-quality health systems must reach everyone. UNFPA, along with our partners in the SDG 3 Global Action Plan, are working in crisis settings around the world to shore up the resilience of women and girls, and protect critical health systems.”

- Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA

“As multiple crises threaten our hard-won progress in improving child health, now more than ever, we all need to pull in the same direction. Through the SDG 3 GAP, 13 agencies are coming together to support country-led efforts to strengthen primary health care and health systems.  Every child, everywhere, has a right to survive and thrive -- and the SDG 3 GAP is helping us reach the hardest to reach children, including those in zero-dose communities.”

- Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director

“Unitaid is engaged in finding innovative solutions to better prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, and is committed to increasing and improving access to those innovations for the people who need them the most. Thanks to partnerships such as the Global Action Plan, Unitaid and partners are helping to accelerate progress made towards achieving global health goals.” 

- Dr Philippe Duneton, Executive Director, Unitaid

"Inequalities arising from discriminatory practices, cultural and social norms impact many aspects of women’s health. The Global Action Plan gives us ways to address these head-on and to advance gender equality more broadly. Through it, we can work to ensure that more women and girls can make informed decisions about, and have control over, their bodies, health and futures. We can address the passage and implementation of laws that protect sexual and reproductive rights. And we can create stronger community engagement to increase the demand for and access to health services, including ending COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and increasing investments in health systems that support greater well-being for all." 

- Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women

“In a world challenged by multiple crises at the same time, global agencies working better together in supporting countries to turn around the pandemic’s impact on health and human capital is of paramount importance.”

- Dr Mamta Murthi, Vice President, Human Development, World Bank

“WFP is stepping up to deliver on the SDGs for health and nutrition by supporting the global response to COVID-19, delivering lifesaving medical supplies in emergencies and working with our partners to improve the food security of the world’s most vulnerable communities.”