One of WHO s 3 strategic goals is to ensure that an additional 1 billion people in the world are protected by universal health coverage UHC by 2023 able to access the services they need to keep healthy without falling into poverty as a result A key step in making this a reality is for countries to be able to work out what services their people need and how to provide them WHO s new UHC Compendium the product of a wide ranging multi year collaboration across WHO programmes and partners is designed to help them do just this Basically a toolbox for countries to build packages of essential services the Compendium offers national health authorities and decision makers a database of over 3500 health actions across all health areas from which they can choose when planning and budgeting their health programmes The Compendium brings together evidence guidance resource inputs and cost analysis into one go to platform In addition it gives tips and options for choosing among the most cost effective actions to develop a comprehensive package suited to national context The database provides a global reference point for how to organize and present information on health interventions for UHC across the full life course and for all diseases and includes a diverse set of actions spanning prevention rehabilitation and treatment as well as inter sectoral interventions Version 1 0 of the Compendium focuses on clinical health services that can be grouped dynamically into categories such as health programmes life course stage and sustainable development goals For example the Expanded Program for Immunization EPI can filter health actions related to immunization to see the relevant health actions in a table So country users can refer to the UHC Compendium as a one stop shop to inform decisions around which services to consider for provision within their system In forthcoming versions users will be able to view resource needs costs and other information to guide their prioritization process A public webinar will be held on Monday 14 December at 13 00 to explain and illustrate how and why all countries can benefit from this new vital tool to achieve universal health coverage To register in advance for this webinar https who zoom us webinar register WN XV99Hl8SgWu MQQrJFGMA