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Nations adopt 2030 health coverage goal

The U.N. General Assembly called on all nations to work towards enabling everyone to have affordable, quality health services by 2030.

A health worker performs a blood pressure checkup at a clinic in Pokhara, Nepal
A health worker performs a blood pressure checkup at a clinic in Pokhara, Nepal (AN/Jim Holmes)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a landmark political declaration on Monday that calls on all nations to work towards enabling everyone to have affordable, quality health services by 2030.

The globally adopted political declaration on universal health coverage, or UHC, reaffirmed "the right of every human being to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, without distinction of any kind."

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