This is the second progress report produced by the Universal Health Coverage, Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases (UCN) Cluster of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa. The UCN Cluster was established in 2019 to better integrate disease management programmes into the framework of health systems strengthening. It is responsible for delivering WHO AFRO’s strategic agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals: universal health coverage, NCDs and ageing, communicable and noncommunicable disease control, and the endgame strategies for neglected tropical
diseases.