On April 30, 2019, 12 non-state actors for global health and development (Gavi, GFF, Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, Unitaid, UN Women, WFP, WHO and the World Bank) met to discuss “new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. To guide their collaboration, organizations are developing a Global Action Plan (GAP) to be presented at the UN General Assembly in September 2019.” [1, 2, 3]

Eight days later on May 8, 2019, the German led Global Health committee met to discuss “Strengthening global health – implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goal”.