The WHO/AFRO Universal Health Coverage | Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases (UCN) Cluster was established in 2019 to better integrate the AFRO disease prevention and control programs within a health system strengthening framework through a data-centric, results-focused, and integrated cluster management approach.

Countries in the African Region have committed to make progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), as part of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. Access to essential health services has nearly doubled over the last two decades, and the Region’s health workforce has increased by a million within a decade.