Today world leaders adopted a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC), the most comprehensive set of health commitments ever adopted at this level.
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世卫组织总干事谭德塞博士说：“这项宣言是全球卫生与发展领域的一个里程碑。
“This declaration represents a landmark for global health and development,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General at WHO.
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世界还有11年时间去落实各项可持续发展目标，而全民健康覆盖是确保这方面成功的关键。”
“The world has 11 years left to make good on its sustainable development goals.
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他补充说：“全民健康覆盖是一项政治选择：今天，世界各国领导人表明已经准备好做出这一重大抉择。
He added: “Universal health coverage is a political choice: today world leaders have signaled their readiness to make that choice.
The declaration comes the day after the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners flagged the need to double health coverage between now and 2030 or leave up to 5 billion people unable to access health care.
These include mechanisms to ensure no one suffers financial hardship because they have had to pay for healthcare out of their own pockets and implementing high-impact health interventions to combat diseases and protect women’s and children’s health.