News Headline -The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on achieving universal health coverage with the launch of Phase V (2025–2028) of the universal health coverage (UHC). The announcement was made Tuesday by the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jozef Síkela, and WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York City. “With a new EU financial support of €40 million and an additional contribution foreseen in 2027, the EU and WHO will focus through this Phase V on building a resilient, equitable, and people-centred health system and key to achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The EU is a founding and leading donor to the UHC Partnership, enabling WHO to provide long-term, in-country technical support aligned with national health priorities. “Since its inception in 2011, the WHO UHC Partnership has supported health ministries in implementing inclusive reforms, and has contributed to improved governance, service delivery, health financing and response to health emergencies in over 115 countries.”