Advancing Universal Health Coverage through Health Partnerships

In 2015 the world agreed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A decade on from this historic agreement and just 5 years away from the end date, the SDGs are in peril. The intensifying and interconnected challenges of conflict, climate shocks and economic turmoil are aggravating existing health inequalities. Overall global health progress has decelerated alarmingly since 2015 and COVID-19 has undone nearly 10 years of progress on life expectancy.

However, all is not lost – yet. The world has five years to turn things around and meet these ambitious goals. Nowhere is this more important than getting Sustainable Development Goal 3 – the global goal to ensure good health and well-being for all – back on track and doubling down on efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

The election of a new UK Government creates the opportunity for the UK to reassert its leadership on advancing global health equity and striving towards the achievement of SDG3, whilst also rebuilding an NHS that is fit for the future. At Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) we believe we have a unique approach to help make this happen. At GHP we believe a Health Partnerships approach presents an important model for advancing universal health coverage (UHC) in LMICs, whilst also improving the quality of care provided through the UK’s national health service (NHS). In addition, we believe that a Health Partnerships approach creates an opportunity for the UK to share its knowledge, expertise and learnings from implementing one of the longest-standing UHC systems and re-establishing its role as a leader in global health equity. 

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