The World Health Organization and football icons have come together to build a healthy future and aim for “Health for All”.

On International Health Coverage Day (UHC Day), the World Health Organization (WHO) is teaming up with international football icons to urge governments and people around the world to take action to bring health to all. UHC ensures that everyone, wherever they are, can get the support they need and stay healthy without being driven into financial hardship.

To mark UHC Day, WHO is launching two new tools: one to help governments design and deliver the right service coverage packages for their populations; and a second to provide reliable information to support people’s everyday decisions to protect their health and safety.

“The greatest prize in football, the greatest prize in life is good health and well-being,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Theodore Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Health is not a luxury for the rich, but a basic human right, and the foundation of peaceful, prosperous and sustainable economies and societies. The tools we’re introducing today will help governments and individuals realize that right.

UHC Day 2022 comes at a critical time when countries around the world are rebuilding from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and are facing many other crises such as economic and energy constraints, climate change and conflict.

UHC Day begins the countdown to the UHC High-Level Meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in 2023. Heads of state and governments at the first summit on UHC in 2019, confirmed that health. Prerequisites and indicators of social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. They have made a firm commitment to achieve UHC by 2030, enhancing global efforts to build a healthier world for all. In the year The 2023 summit is an opportunity to review progress and galvanize political support and international action to achieve the UHC goals.

UHC Day at the FIFA World Cup

On the eve of the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals, the World Health Organization and its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health, Didier Drogba, led the celebration of UHC Day in Doha, Qatar. This was part of a full day of activities organized by All Foundations to focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being.

“I found myself in a rare position where if I had a problem on the field, help was quickly available, and we saw how important this support was soon. But off the pitch, we know that’s not always the case.” Didier Drogba said. “Unequipped clinics, unsupported health workers, and lack of adequate medicines and vaccines threaten the safety of people around the world. Good health requires a team effort, so we need governments to adopt policies that support universal health coverage and give everyone what they need to be healthy. When we work together for health for all, we all win.

Football fans of all ages got moving to show their support for health for all by performing his famous song “I Like to Move” by electronic dance artist and vocalist The Mad Stuntman. Promote good health and safety.

Sherry Silver, a Rwandan and British MTV award winning choreographer, United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development advocate, No Malaria ambassador and Rwanda development advocate led the crowd in a dance competition called World Cup Sports.

“On World Health Coverage Day, let’s all get active and active and do our part to make health for all our goal,” said Alison Baker, Brazil and Liverpool goalkeeper and World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador.

A new WHO tool to help countries deliver UHC

Achieving national health goals has been hampered by the lack of an integrated approach to design and deliver a comprehensive package of health services in a context-specific manner.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is introducing a new tool. Provision and implementation of universal health coverage service package or the UHC SPDI Tool to support countries in designing specific UHC health service packages. This innovative and practical online tool includes functions that allow national health planners to choose from the comprehensive range of health services – promotive, preventive, stimulating, curative, rehabilitative and palliative services – that people need to achieve the highest level of health and well-being.

The tool is designed to help identify manpower needs, essential medical products, infrastructure, and resources needed to effectively deliver health services. It also emphasizes first contact primary and emergency care, and a basic health care approach to strengthen health systems and bring all sectors under the vision of achieving health for all. Successful implementation of the National Health Service Package will ultimately accelerate countries’ progress towards UHC.

Universal Health Information “Health for All”

WHO has released digital resources to the public.Your Life, Your Health: Tips and Information for Health and SafetyHe said. It provides reliable health information that people at different stages of life can easily access, understand and use in everyday life.

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About Universal Health Coverage Day

Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day) on December 12 is an annual advocacy platform for advocates to raise their voices and share the stories of the millions of people still waiting for health care, calling on leaders to make smart investments in health and remind the world. The importance of UHC. In the year In 2012, it is an official United Nations day to celebrate the promotion of UHC as an important priority for global development.

The theme of UHC Day 2022 is “Build the World We Want: A Healthy Future for All”.

Visit the campaign page at https://www.who.int/campaigns/universal-health-coverage-day/2022

About a healthy FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

The World Health Organization and the State of Qatar have partnered with FIFA on the 2022 Healthy World Cup project. It aims to make the competition healthy and safe and the measures implemented and lessons learned to deliver healthy and safe mega sporting events in the future.

The objectives of the project are to ensure the delivery and legacy of a healthy and safe FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 that promotes mega health, safety and well-being for the future by making the event an impactful, sustainable and sustainable model. Sports events.

Find out more about the WHO Sport and Health Programme: https://www.who.int/initiatives/sports-and-health

The resource, based on WHO technical guidance, provides basic information on important topics such as staying well during pregnancy and after birth, or how to stay healthy and active in later adulthood. It also provides information on people’s rights and skills in accessing and using information for health and safety.