UHC2030, the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism and IFMSA

2024 UHC Day Campaign Virtual Letter Writing Workshop:

Before the launch of the 2024 UHC Day campaign, UHC2030, CSEM and the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), with the support of the WHO Youth Council, will host a virtual letter-writing workshop for SDG and UHC advocates

Join us for a 1-hour virtual capacity building workshop that will focus on writing impactful advocacy letters for universal health coverage (UHC). The workshop will include a brief presentation on the 2024 UHC Day campaign, a capacity building session on effective advocacy and powerful letter writing, and a Q&A discussion for participants to ask questions about and seek feedback on their advocacy work.

Closed captioning and interpretation in French and Spanish will be available.

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Watch the recording here.

Background  

There are only six years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the world is alarmingly off track. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), progress on UHC (target 3.8) has stalled, with most recent estimates showing that at least 4.5 billion people — more than half of the world’s population — lack access to essential health services. Financial protection has also progressively deteriorated over the last 20 years, with 2 billion people experiencing financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health costs. With less than a third of countries progressing on both service coverage and financial protection, countries must act now to translate the commitments they made in the 2023 Political Declaration on UHC into concrete actions.

This workshop is designed to equip and empower advocates to effectively advocate for the translation of UHC commitments into actionable laws, budgets, policies and programs that will reduce financial barriers to essential health services and products, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable.

Stay tuned! 

As a follow-up to this workshop, UHC2030 and CSEM will host a one-hour youth-focused workshop in October 2024 to:

• Support young advocates to draft letters that are specific for their country's context
• Build confidence in their advocacy work
• Learn from advocacy experts and each other.