The PHC for UHC webinar will present the 2020 achievements of the Regional Joint Workplan 2020-2021 for East Mediterranean Region Global Action Plan Accelerators 1 partners. The achievements are products of the joint collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) and United Nations partners, including United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) in the East Mediterranean Region.

The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying inequalities and producing new threats for older persons and persons with disabilities. COVID-19 case fatality rates suggest a notable increase in risk after age 60, with progressively worse outcomes for those over 70 and over 80 years. Likewise, people with disabilities are among the hardest hit. 

To raise awareness and ensure that the UN regional system is equipped to help governments  guarantee the equal rights of older people and people with disabilities to access healthcare and lifesaving procedures during the pandemic, UNFPA, WHO and UNDCO, in coordination with the United Nations European Regional Issue Based ...