A woman waits with her children outside an Ipoh clinic in this filepic. Domestic responsibilities often prevent a woman from accessing healthcare in a timely manner.
Paragraph 26 of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development states that: “To promote physical and mental health and wellbeing, and to extend life expectancy for all, we must achieve universal health coverage and access to quality health care.
“No one must be left behind”.
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