Organized around three strategic approaches, “Align, Accelerate and Account,” the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All seeks to reduce inefficiencies through, for example, harmonizing financing and procurement and strengthening the provision of essential global public goods for health. The debate highlighted that the GAP is not a Member State-negotiated document, and called for greater engagement of multiple stakeholders, in particular the private sector. The GAP will be launched during this year’s UN General Assembly, helping to create a strong link to the High-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage and the SDG Summit, also taking place in September 2019.

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