Why should developed countries care about Universal Health Coverage?

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Corresponding Author Professor didier Pittet, Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. E-mail: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch this year’s World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene global campaign on the 5th of May has one clear message: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all. UHC is the right of all people to have access to quality healthcare services without putting their financial well-being at risk1, and embodies the healthrelated goals put forward in the United Nations Sustainable development Goals (SdGs) in 2015.2