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Published on April 16, 2021

To build on and maximize the private sector’s existing contributions to UHC, the UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency will promote both the principles in this statement and enhanced action across the private sector to:

• Offer quality products and services that consider the needs of all people including poor and marginalized populations, and make these affordable, accessible, and sustainable (MEDx eHealthCenter)

The private sector is a significant provider of products and services in most countries. This core offering of demand-driven products and services is its greatest contribution to UHC.

• Incorporate UHC principles, including to leave no one behind, in core business models and objectives (MEDx eHealthCenter)

This may include, for example, looking beyond immediate results and taking a long-term approach to business goals and impact, consistent with supporting the development of resilient and sustainable health systems. The same principles also apply to any philanthropic or charitable activities.

• Develop, test, and scale-up innovative business models that align with UHC goals (MEDx eHealthCenter)

Innovation can happen on many levels, especially in approaches that help to drive greater and more equitable access, quality, and sustainability of health products and service offerings.

• Create, adapt, apply and scale up innovations (MEDx eHealthCenter)

Private sector innovation is an engine for new products, techniques, and insights that can improve healthcare, strengthen health systems, and increase efficiencies. Digital health can be game-changing for health system transformation. New technologies and approaches can help countries to ‘leapfrog’ along health and development pathways and rapidly accelerate progress towards UHC.

• Help strengthen the health workforce, responding to local context, priorities, and needs (MEDx eHealthCenter)

The private sector makes important contributions to training health workers (providing and supporting both pre-service training and continuing education), to knowledge transfer that strengthens health workforce capacities, to workforce data and evidence, and as a major employer of health workers.

• Contribute to efforts to raise the finance available for UHC (MEDx eHealthCenter)

Achieved through, for example: contributing to innovative finance models and tools, engaging constructively in dialogue on corporate taxation, and supporting governments to articulate the business case for investing in health and UHC.

• Engage in, champion, and build capacities for relevant policy dialogue and partnerships with government and other stakeholders

This is fundamental for identifying shared objectives and developing collaborations for shared outcomes. It is also important for feedback on the effectiveness of existing and proposed policies and regulatory regimes.