World Health OrganizationWorld Bank2017-12-192017-12-192017-12978-92-4-151355-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29042A number the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 have targets that relate to health. However, one goal – SDG3- focuses specifically on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. Target 3.8 of SDG3 – achieving universal health coverage (UHC), including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all – is the key to attaining the entire goal as well as the health-related targets of other SDGs.CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGOUNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGESDGsSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALSMONITORINGESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICESSDG INDICATOR 3.8.1MATERNAL HEALTHCHILD HEALTHINEQUALITYFINANCIAL PROTECTIONSDG INDICATOR 3.8.2UHCBookWorld Health Organization; and the World Bank10.1596/978-92-4-151355-5