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To Deliver Health for All We Must Prioritize Gender Equality: A Q&A with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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 Produced by Women Deliver October 23, 2018. This week, global health leaders meet in Astana, Kazakhstan for the  Global Conference on Primary Health Care  to renew their commitment to primary healthcare as the basis of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). As programs and policies are discussed, the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women  must  be prioritized. Women’s involvement, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender equality must be part of the equation. This is the only way the world will achieve #HealthforAll. Looking back 40 years, global health leaders met for the first International Conference on Primary Health Care and signed the Declaration of Alma-Ata  which committed to ensuring access to quality healthcare for all by 2000. Nearly two decades past the target date, much work remains to achieve this ambitious goal. As commitment builds toward achieving health for all and UHC, governments have a responsibility to establish effective systems that prov