Developing Countries: Health Services

(asked on 24th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of a reference to universal health coverage in the Health Goal in the Sustainable Development Goals.


Answered by
Justine Greening Portrait
Justine Greening
This question was answered on 29th October 2014

The UK government welcomed the emphasis on Universal Health Coverage in the report of the High-Level Panel, chaired by the Prime Minister, and was pleased to see its inclusion as a target in the proposal of the Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals.

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