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<p>If we are to meet the ambition of Sustainable Development Goal 3 and ensure no-one
is left behind, countries need to invest more public resources in health. The UK strongly
supports the commitments in the United Nations Political Declaration on Universal
Health Coverage. This calls on countries to increase public spending, with an emphasis
on primary health care, noting World Health Organisation recommendations of an additional
1% of GDP or more. We provide technical assistance to countries as part of our health
system strengthening programmes through our country offices and through funding to
the World Health Organisation. The UK will step up our efforts to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-10-02/HCWS1844/"
target="_blank">end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children</a>
in the developing world by 2030. This will include boosting our support for developing
countries to make progress towards universal health coverage, focusing on ensuring
sexual and reproductive health and rights and helping the most vulnerable women such
as survivors of female genital mutilation, and working with our global partners to
deliver Gavi’s new strategy that will vaccinate a further 300 million children in
the world’s poorest countries by 2025.</p>
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