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Dr. Tedros, WHO Director-General, joined the Foreign Ministers of Japan, Thailand and Georgia to host a Ministerial Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the\u00a0High-level Meeting on UHC<\/a>\u00a0and promote the release of the\u00a0UN Secretary-General\u2019s Policy Brief on COVID-19 and UHC<\/a>.\u00a0 Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of Health from around the world reflected on the commitments made in the\u00a0Political Declaration on UHC<\/a>, taking stock of national and global efforts to deliver UHC in the context of COVID-19 and the challenges and opportunities for building back better for a more equitable and sustainable world.\u00a0The Foreign Minister of Japan announced US$130 million to the COVAX Advanced Market Commitments, of which the United Kingdom matched \u00a332.5 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The event also included a thematic panel with global health leaders, who explored new and innovative partnerships to accelerate and scale up the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines, as well as needed health system transformation to better protect health and human security.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n