Important Day: International Universal Health Coverage Day
- International Universal Health Coverage Day is observed every year on December 12. This aims to raise awareness of the need for strong and resilient health systems and universal health coverage with multi-stakeholder partners.
This year theme of the International Universal Health Coverage Day 2020 is “Health For All – Protect Everyone”.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare chaired an event to mark Universal Health Coverage Day on December 12, 2020.
On the occasion, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched some resourceful apps and guidelines for implementing and monitoring various health programs. Such as, SDG-3 Health Dashboard and NCD Medical Officer App have been released. He also released 5th National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for 17 States and 5 UTs.