Youth Voices for UHC: A Networking and Learning Session

This is an in-person session, co-organised by Transform Health and CSEM for UHC2030, during at the WHA79 Civil Society Networking Space.

Globally, young people continue to face significant challenges to their health and wellbeing, from mental health pressures to inequitable access to essential services, underscoring the urgency of the call for stronger, more equitable health systems by UHC2030, ensuring that no young person is left behind. At the same time, digitalisation is transforming how young people access information, services, and support for their health and well‑being. Yet social, economic, infrastructural, and other digital determinants of health continue to shape who benefits, and who is excluded. Adolescents and young people, despite being highly engaged and invested in digital systems, youth remain underrepresented in digital health policy development, implementation, and evaluation.

The session provides a platform for youth and youth-led organisations to share their work across a range of health issues, from mental health and sexual and reproductive health to digital transformation, primary healthcare, and health equity. By creating space for dialogue and shared learning, the event aims to deepen collaboration, build stronger partnerships, and amplify youth-led solutions and initiatives that can drive meaningful change.