Call to action to attain universal health coverage through linked sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV interventions 

Overview

There has been a marked shift in the global development agenda to develop, fund and implement multisectoral interventions that jointly advance both sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and HIV prevention, treatment and care. These joint interventions are increasingly being implemented by countries, especially within primary health care settings.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agendas provide important opportunities to reimagine and enhance equitable health coverage, which meets the needs and rights of all, and in particular of key and vulnerable populations.* This enhanced health coverage builds upon existing progress made in both strengthening the evidence base and implementing bi-directional SRHR and HIV linkages, to ensure enabling policy environments, better aligned health systems and integrated service delivery.