On 18 September 2023 at 2:00PM EST/20:00 CEST, the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report will be launched at a press conference in New York, which will be livestreamed via UN Web TV.
Jointly published by WHO and the World Bank, the report will provide the latest updates on global progress towards health service coverage (SDG 3.8.1) and financial protection (SDG 3.8.2). It contains data for health service coverage up to 2021 and for financial protection up to 2019, and is launched ahead of the High-Level Meeting on UHC taking place on 21 September at the 78th United Nations General Assembly.
The press conference will be followed by a technical briefing on 20 September from 8:00-9:30 EST/14:00-15:30 CEST via Zoom.
Links to the report page, press release, frequently asked questions and explainer video will be added to this page following the official release.
For queries, please contact uhc_stats@who.int
The full report can be downloaded here.
The 2023 report underscores the extent to which global progress has stalled towards UHC since the beginning of the SDG era in 2015, and especially in recent years. As of 2021 over 4.5 billion people – or more than half the world’s population – still lacked full coverage for essential health services. It also illustrates worsening financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending, which has a particularly devastating impact for those living at or near the poverty line. As of 2019, just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 2 billion people worldwide were pushed or further pushed into poverty due to healthcare costs, including more than 300 million living in extreme poverty.
Read the full press release.