UNIVERSITY COALITIONS for GLOBAL HEALTH

“It is my aspiration that health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.”

— Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General

UCGH Advocacy Mission…

Every year UCGH empowers students to create change by mobilizing them around our advocacy mission:

Through the empowerment of young people, UCGH aims to ensure that all people have the right to the highest attainable standard of health (As defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 25).

“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being…”

— World Health Organization

2007–2008 Issues…

Each year UCGH selects three issues that are representative of the National Member Organization’s campaigns and compatible of our advocacy mission. We then organize days of action for each issue area.

The 2007-2008 issues are:

• Strengthening Health Systems
• Ensuring Health Equity
• Access to Essential Medicines

Visit the Our Issues section to learn more about how you can take action.

Learn more about the Right to Health…

• History of the Right to Health
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Health and Human Rights Fact Sheet
• Definition of Right to Health
• Interview with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
• The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
• International Society for Health and Human Rights
• AMSA Right to Health Campaign
• Physicians for Human Rights