Ernest TamboChidiebere E. UgwuAmberbir AlemayehuAnil KrishnaAgnes Binagwaho2025-03-032025-03-032024-01-02https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01169-xhttps://dspace.ughe.org/handle/123456789/395The recent 78th United Natiions General Assembly (UNGA) declaration relaunched a new health priority and political commitment in accelerating Universal Health Coverage (UHC), adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 and are intended to be met by 2030. At mid-way point of UHC implementation, we advocate for the much needed programmatic implementation research, evidence-based interventions (EBIs) policies and strategies leadership and management capacity building to enable robust, resilient and sustainable multi-sectoral partnerships, integrated coordination and governance mechanisms capabilities in accelerating UHC package mainly infectious diseases of poverty elimination and eradication agenda.enuniversal health coverageinfectious disease of povertyelimination and eradicationjournal-article