Shaping a new era for health financing

At the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Annual Financing Forum in Washington, DC, USA, on April 14–15, 2016, governments and development partners will debate how to raise and organize public and private resources needed for low-income and lower- middle-income countries to assure affordable, quality health care to all of their people by 2030. Ahead of this event, USAID and the World Bank argue in The Lancet commentary below, that while the challenge is daunting, attaining UHC and financing it sustainably by 2030 is feasible for most countries. Read the commentary below and follow the conference through live web streaming, and follow us on Twitter @wbg_health using #uhc.

Commentary: Shaping a new era for health financing