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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE DAY

New York, 12 December 2021

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must urgently strengthen our health systems to ensure they are equitable, resilient and capable of meeting everyone’s needs, including for their mental health.

COVID-19 has reached nearly every part of the world, but health coverage still has not.  The shockwaves of this health emergency are hitting...