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Universal health coverage is the key driver to achieving the sustainable development agenda and to safeguarding global health security. This event will examine how countries are moving towards universal health coverage, and underscore UN agencies’ commitment to supporting countries achieve health for all. World Leaders for Universal Health Coverage: A High-Level Discussion at the United Nations on Achieving the SDGs Through Health for All Co-hosted by the Governments of Japan, Senegal, United Kingdom, South Africa, Thailand, France, and Germany; WHO; World Bank Group; UNICEF; UNDP; The Rockefeller Foundation; UHC2030; and The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 4.30 – 6.00 PM Conference Room 3 | UN Headquarters, New York Heads of State and Ministerial Representation from: Japan, Senegal, Thailand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Germany, and France Participation of: Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF Kristalina Georgieva, CEO, World Bank Group Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Elizabeth Cousens, Deputy CEO, UN Foundation Christopher Elias, President of Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Marijke Wijnroks, Interim Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi
