The Health Systems Governance Collaborative and the UHC Partnership, gathered in the Tokyo for the UHC2017 Forum and engaged in the meeting: Bold Moves: New Ways of Governance and Partnership for UHC.

The meeting took place amidst an emerging articulation of ‘new and bold’ visions on accelerating Universal Health Coverage. People agree that quality service delivery, financial access and governance are key. We conclude that a radical rethink is required of some of the governance and collaboration strategies to arrive at a new political economy of health which will address the real health bottlenecks in more inclusive ways. Here is our mini-manifesto with ten key points.