The policy brief will be launched today at the side event “A Toast to UHC”, hosted by MSH and the Permanent Missions of Japan, Rwanda, Mexico and France, against the backdrop of the UN 69th General Assembly.

"Universal Health Coverage and Non-Communicable Diseases: A Mutually Reinforcing Agenda" covers the unique challenges the NCD epidemic poses to achieving UHC, and the role of UHC in strengthening the NCD response.

It also explores the implications and possible position of health, NCDs and UHC in the post-2015 development agenda.

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