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HIFA joins with WHO, UHC2030 and others in celebrating Universal Health Coverage Day, 2019.
Below are the key asks from the UHC website: https://universalhealthcoverageday.org/key-asks/

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1. Ensure Political Leadership Beyond Health
Commit to achieve UHC for healthy lives and well-being for all at all stages, as a social contract.

2. Leave No One Behind
Pursue equity in access to quality health services with financial protection.

HIFA congratulates Jackeline Alger as she receives the award of Honduras Physician of the Year 2019.

In a message to HIFA and other supporters she writes:

"The joy associated with the appointment as Physician of the Year 2019 has been crowned by the numerous expressions of affection that have in various ways been sent to me by colleagues, family and friends. I have received messages from teachers, fellow students, current students and those who are already career professionals, co-workers, co-workers from international groups. Thank you so much to each and every one!"

On 23 September 2019, world leaders will come together at the United Nations General Assembly in New York for a high-level meeting on universal health coverage. They will agree a political declaration to secure commitment worldwide to making universal health coverage a reality.

We are delighted to announce a new 5-minute video on the HIFA YouTube channel. Isabelle Wachsmuth (Communication and project manager, Universal Health Coverage and Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva; Lead moderator, HIFA-French. http://www.hifa.org/forums/hifa-french) introduces Healthcare Information For All. She ends with with a focus on multilingualism and a call to action for publishers to improve the availability of health research in languages other than English.