<h3 class="post-title subpt">On 8 November, Ban Ki-moon and Gro Brundtland will #WalkTogether for Health for All at the historic Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Follow the event on&nbsp;Twitter from 16:30 EST.</h3><div class="quoteblock"><div class="quotetext">"A citizen movement for Health for All is gaining steam in the US and around the world."</div></div><p align="center"><img src="/sites/default/files/migrated3/bellevue-event-graphic-final-650px_2.jpg"/></p>
<p>On <strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">8 November</strong>, The Elders will <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WalkTogether&amp;src=typd">#WalkTogethe…; for Health for All at the Historic Bellevue Hospital in New York.</p>
<p>Launching the next focus of the <a href="http://theelders.org/walk-together"><strong>#WalkTogether campaign</strong></a>, Walk to Health, <a href="http://theelders.org/ban-ki-moon"><strong>Ban Ki-moon</strong></a> and <a href="http://theelders.org/gro-harlem-brundtland"><strong>Gro Harlem Brundtland</strong></a> will be joined by New York State Senator <strong>Gustavo Rivera</strong>, Chair of the New York Assembly Committee on Health <strong>Richard Gottfried</strong>, CEO of Last Mile Health <strong>Raj Panjabi</strong>, and CEO of City Health Works <strong>Manmeet Kaur</strong> to highlight the wide-ranging social and economic benefits when citizens, governments and healthcare professionals work together to ensure health for all in every country.</p>
<p>This, the first of many planned <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WalkTogether&amp;src=tyah&quot; target="_blank"><strong>#WalkTogether</strong></a> for Health events, will include:</p>
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<li><strong>Ban Ki-moon</strong> opening by stating the case for UHC and the link to achieving the Health SDG globally</li>
<li><strong>US politicians</strong> discussing New York State’s journey towards UHC</li>
<li><strong>Civil society organisations</strong>&nbsp;discussing the role of community health workers in achieving UHC</li>
<li><strong>Bellevue Hospital</strong>: A spark of hope for public healthcare for over three hundred years</li>
<li><strong>Gro Brundtland</strong> closing remarks on how citizens, governments and the healthcare profession can #WalkTogether for UHC</li>
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<p><b>&nbsp;</b>Follow the event on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheElders&quot; target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> from <strong>16:30 EST on 8 November</strong>.</p>