The President of South Africa HE C.M Ramaphosa is among the leaders who signed the universal health coverage (UHC) political declaration during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2019, thus demonstrating his strong vision and commitment to ensuring UHC for the people of South Africa. In view of the UHC pollical declaration, on the 12th Dec, 2019, the government of South Africa commemorated the day to garner more support from key stakeholders. South Africa’s UHC day colloquium provided a great opportunity to reinvigorate the policy efforts to work in collaboration and partnerships for achievement of the ‘right to the access to healthcare” in South Africa as the country embarks on health systems reforms towards UHC. It brought together all key stakeholders to reemphasize the key UHC principles and discuss the means to move forward collectively on the UHC promises. Nearly 120 delegates from the national and provincial departments of health; Non-Government organizations; civil society and patient groups, the private health sector; and various labour unions the UN agencies, academia and development partners participated in this half day event.
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