The countdown to the 2027 UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has begun. Building on a successful 2025 UHC Day campaign, this webinar explores effective strategies to sustain advocacy for health for all in the lead up to the next Political Declaration on UHC. This webinar will highlight key achievements from the 2025 UHC Day campaign and provide practical guidance on using the ACT for UHC report and data dashboard to strengthen advocacy and hold governments accountable for their commitments.

• Co-hosts: UHC2030, CSEM for UHC2030
• Date: March 4th, 2026
• Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CEST
• Venue: Online – Zoom platform. 

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Background

In 2023, world leaders agreed to convene a high-level meeting on UHC in 2027 to assess progress toward the implementation of the 2023 Political Declaration on UHC and identify gaps and solutions to achieve UHC by 2030. The countdown to the 2027 UN High-Level Meeting on UHC marks a turning point to hold leaders accountable, accelerate UHC action, and lay the foundations for continued prioritization of UHC in the post-2030 development agenda. As preparations begin toward the next Political Declaration on UHC, strengthened advocacy, social participation, and accountability will be essential to ensure that health for all and ending health inequalities take center stage of the political agenda by 2030 and beyond. 

The 2025 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day campaign marked the second year of a global advocacy push on financial protection. Building on the 2024 call for government responsibility to deliver health for all, the campaign –  under the theme “Unaffordable health costs? We are sick of it!” – amplified the lived experiences of people facing financial hardship due to health costs. It mobilized civil society, youth, and partners worldwide to raise their voices and demand action, resulting in increased engagement, record media reach, and growing political commitments across regions. Central to this momentum were UHC Day Champions – individuals and organizations translating advocacy into tangible action – demonstrating how social participation and community leadership can influence policy dialogue and resource allocation.

Sustaining this momentum in the lead up to the 2027 HLM requires evidence to drive sound advocacy and enable people-centered policy action. The ACT for UHC report and data dashboard, released on UHC Day 2025, provides information to track how countries are translating the commitments of the 2023 Political Declaration into action across priority areas. By making data accessible and actionable, ACT for UHC enables advocates, policymakers, and partners to connect grassroots advocacy with national and global accountability processes, ensuring that political commitments are measured, discussed, and acted upon.

Recognizing 2026 as a pivotal year on the road to the 2027 High-Level Meeting, this webinar creates a space to reflect on the achievements of the 2025 UHC Day campaign, celebrate champion-led action, and build capacity among advocates to use ACT for UHC tools to inform dialogue, strengthen accountability, and sustain collective advocacy.

Objectives

• Leverage momentum from the 2025 UHC Day campaign to mobilise stakeholders toward the 2027 UN High-Level Meeting on UHC. 
  • Reflect on the outcomes of the 2025 UHC Day campaign, highlighting key advocacy achievements and lessons learned to inform stakeholder mobilisation and advocacy.
  • Showcase efforts by UHC Day champions and demonstrate how advocacy and social participation translate into sustained action at country and community levels.
• Equip stakeholders to use the ACT for UHC dashboard to track commitments and inform advocacy.
  • Strengthen advocates’ capacity to navigate and use the ACT for UHC dashboard data to inform advocacy strategies and policy dialogues.
• Strengthen coordinated of advocacy efforts in 2026–2027 ahead of the 2027 UN HLM
  • Enabling participants to engage governments with clear, evidence-based insights on national progress, remaining gaps, and priority areas for action, positioning the HLM as a turning point to accelerate progress towards UHC.

Format

This 90-minute online event will provide a space to reflect on the outcomes of the 2025 UHC Day campaign and how best to sustain the momentum in 2026. It will highlight champion-led examples of advocacy in action, and provide practical guidance on using the ACT for UHC report and dashboard to strengthen accountability and support engagement in the lead up to the 2027 UN High-Level Meeting on UHC.

Speakers:

• Moderator: Eliana Monteforte, Director for Special Projects at Global Health Council (GHC) and CSEM Advisory Group Member
• Dr. Magda Robalo, Steering Committee Co-Chair, UHC2030 and Executive Director of Women in Global Health (WGH)
• Laetitia Bosio, Program Manager, UHC2030
• Bethany-Kate Lewis, Technical Officer, UHC2030
• Sibu Malambo, Executive Director of The Youth Platform, Zambia and 2025 UHC Day Champion
• Tadhi Sucharitakul, External Affairs Advocacy Assistant for IFMSA – Thailand, and 2025 UHC Day Champion

Agenda:

• Introduction and Opening Remarks
• Roadmap to the 2027 UN HLM on UHC
• Part 1. –  Leverage momentum from the 2025 UHC Day campaign
  • UHC Day 2025: Outcomes & sustaining efforts in 2026
  • Fireside chat with UHC Day Champions: Turning Advocacy into Change as we look toward the UN HLM
• Part 2. – Sustaining action through accountability with ACT for UHC
  • Introducing ACT for UHC: From Commitments to Action
  • How to use ACT for UHC Dashboard
• Part 3. Q&A
• Closing 

We look forward to seeing you online!