Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health

European Commissioner for Develop-ment Andris Piebalgs recently pointed out the need for “updated and modernised [Millennium Development Goals], pro-viding decent living standards for all – a set of minimum floors below which no one should fall”.1 He added that “these ‘MDGs plus’ would provide the basic rights that every citizen on the planet should expect … with, where necessary, for the poorest countries, the support of the international community through continued overseas development assistance”.