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DATELINE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
23 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. Various shots, President of the General Assembly announced the adoption of the draft Political Declaration by acclamation
4. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Health for all is an investment in people, in their wellbeing, and in healthy and prosperous societies. Universal Health Coverage has proven to be a catalyst for economic growth that benefits individuals, families, communities, businesses and economies. Good health is both an outcome and a driver of economic and social progress.”
5. Wide shot, conference room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This is a significant achievement that will drive progress over the next decade on communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, while addressing non-communicable disease and antimicrobial resistance through robust and resilient primary healthcare systems.”
7. Wide shot, conference room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Political Declaration also states the need to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services and reproductive rights. It is essential to protect the wellbeing and dignity of women and girls.”
9.Various shots, conference room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Today, we are asking all countries to increase their investment in quality primary health care by at least one per cent of GDP, either by increasing or relocating health spending or both. WHO estimates these investments would save about 60 million lives every year and extend global life expectancy 3.7 years by 2030.”
11. Wide shot, conference room
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The Declaration you have endorsed today is a powerful statement of the world we want as the Secretary-General indicated. A world in which health is not a cost but an investment, a world in which health proposes sustainable development, a world in which all of us enjoy the health we deserve. Our vision is not health for some, it’s not health for most, it is health for all.”
13. Wide shot, conference room
World leaders today (23 Sep) adopted a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC), the most comprehensive set of health commitments ever adopted at this level.
Welcoming the adoption of the Declaration at the High-Level meeting on universal health coverage, UN chief António Guterres reiterated, “health for all is an investment in people, in their wellbeing, and in healthy and prosperous societies.”
He continued, “universal Health Coverage has proven to be a catalyst for economic growth that benefits individuals, families, communities, businesses and economies. Good health is both an outcome and a driver of economic and social progress.”
Guterres also stated that the Declaration is “a significant achievement that will drive progress over the next decade on communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, while addressing non-communicable disease and antimicrobial resistance through robust and resilient primary healthcare systems.”
He added, “The Political Declaration also states the need to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services and reproductive rights.”
Guterres reiterated “it is essential to protect the wellbeing and dignity of women and girls.”
Also speaking at the meeting, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) said, “today, we are asking all countries to increase their investment in quality primary health care by at least one per cent of GDP, either by increasing or relocating health spending or both.”
He continued, “WHO estimates these investments would save about 60 million lives every year and extend global life expectancy 3.7 years by 2030.”
Tedros reiterated that the Declaration that the Member States endorsed is “a powerful statement of the world we want.”
He explained it is “a world in which health is not a cost but an investment, a world in which health proposes sustainable development, a world in which all of us enjoy the health we deserve.”
Tedros stated, “our vision is not health for some, it’s not health for most, it is health for all.”
The declaration comes the day after the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners flagged the need to double health coverage between now and 2030 or leave up to 5 billion people unable to access health care.
In adopting the declaration, U.N. Member States have committed to advance towards UHC by investing in four major areas around primary health care.
These include mechanisms to ensure no one suffers financial hardship because they have had to pay for healthcare out of their own pockets and implementing high-impact health interventions to combat diseases and protect women’s and children’s health.
In addition, countries must strengthen health workforce and infrastructure and reinforce governance capacity. They will report back on their progress to the U.N. General Assembly in 2023.
On 24 September, WHO and 11 other multilateral organizations, which collectively channel one third of development assistance for health, will launch their Global Action Plan for health and wellbeing for all. The plan will ensure the 12 partners provide more streamlined support to countries to help deliver universal health coverage and achieve the health-related SDG targets.
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