While G20 leaders are meeting in Osaka, their finance and health ministers will be holding a separate session to discuss global health issues.
World Bank Chief Kristalina Georgieva said the World Bank believes if they could now focus on financing health systems and move rapidly to UHC, then by 2030, the progress would be remarkable.
Tight government budgets in developing countries often mean there is no money to fund public medical insurance systems. The result is large numbers of people going without treatment or falling into poverty.
NHK
