The World Health Organization promotes Universal Health Coverage Day, which is observed on December 12 each year. The 12th of December marks the 50th anniversary of the first majority United States resolution requiring all nations to offer cheap, high-quality health care to their inhabitants. UHC is presented as a tool for advancing the broader concept of the human right to life, which is founded on several international accords or widely endorsed international texts.

The United Nations has adopted the new Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030, which include universal health coverage. In many countries, universal healthcare is inadequate, lacking heroic procedures and long-term care. According to WaterAid, many countries' national infrastructure cannot sustain first-world healthcare delivery processes because they lack drinkable water, much alone energy.