General Assembly Adopts Text on Global Health Coverage Day, Urges Greater Recognition of Link between Global Well Being, Foreign Policy
(WorldNews Health)

The General Assembly, acting without a vote, today adopted two resolutions related to the nexus of global health and foreign policy, with one designating 12 December as the annual `International Universal Health Coverage Day` and the other calling for a major summit to be held on the issue in 2019. Virachai Plasai (Thailand) introduced the draft resolutions titled `International Universal Health Coverage Day` (document A/72/L.27) and `Global Health and foreign policy: addressing the health of the most vulnerable for an inclusive society` (document A/72/L.28) at the meeting`s outset. Speaking on behalf of the core members of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative - namely, Brazil,...