We invite you to join our wave of support for the resolution on social participation by posting this message on your social media accounts (feel free to edit it as you see fit but please make sure to use the hashtags):

I advocate for patient-centred healthcare and I support the resolution on social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being! #iParticipate4UHC #WHA77

 

The Global Patient Think Tank and the UHC Compass

The Global Patient Think Tank (GPTT) is a diverse group of patient community representatives from across the globe, convened by Roche. The GPTT has come together to ensure the patient community voice is integrated into the global movement for universal health coverage (UHC), including policy discussion, inclusion into national design, governance and implementation, and at the primary healthcare level.

Work of the GPTT focuses on integrating the patient community perspective and voice in the global UHC movement and local decision-making and governance to advance UHC. Last year, a Joint Statement has been developed and socialised at UNGA 2023, UHC Day and beyond, calling upon relevant stakeholders to include the patient community in UHC decision-making.

With regards to supporting patient organisations on the ground, the UHC Compass is currently being co-created and tested with the aim to support local patient leaders and communities to concretely advance UHC on the ground. The UHC Compass tool will be available in Q3/4 2024.

See this linked presentation for more information on the GPTT and the UHC Compass and how you can get engaged in the co-creation process.

 

Click here to read the Joint Statement and here to see the Socialisation Guide.

 

Patient Movement Catalyst

The global Patient Movement Catalyst (PMC) is a vision-based, motivation-driven group of patient representatives, experts of lived experience, and patient engagement champions who are co-crafting real and actionable strategies to help get us there - more efficiently - more effectively - more sustainably.

This starts with enabling patient organizations to be able to act with their full operational agency (= ability, capacity, and willingness) by co-creating the enabling conditions. These are summarized in three pillars:

• Transforming the way patient representatives are ‘positioned’ and ‘embedded’ in global health systems decision-making structures
• Building and reinforcing the community capacity-building that will be required by these aspired roles
• Building and reinforcing greater financial diversification, autonomy, and independence through more innovative funding mechanisms

Click here to learn more and sign up for the PMC.