Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health

European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs recently pointed out the need for "updated and modernized [Millennium Development Goals], providing decent living standards for all - a set of minimum floors below which no one should fall".1 He added that "these 'MDGs plus' would provide the basic rights that every citizen on the planet should expect ... with, where necessary, for the poorest countries, the support of the international community through continued overseas development assistance".1
\nWe concur with Commissioner Piebalgs' demand for basic rights for all people and feel that the right to health and its imperative of narrowing health inequities should be central to the post-2015 international health agenda. We take this stand as members of Go4Health, a consortium of academics…