Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Key facts
• At least half of the world’s population still does not have full coverage of essential health services.
• About 100 million people are still being pushed into extreme poverty (defined as living on 1.90 USD or less a day) because they have to payfor health care.
• Over 800 million people (almost 12% of the world’s population) spent at least 10% of their household budgets to pay for health care.
• All UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
