Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that an additional US$134 billion a year was needed to be spent in low- and low-and-middle-income countries to reach the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, an amount predicted to rise to US$371 billion by 2030. With the disruption to health services provoked by the pandemic, this gap grew even larger - with many countries already facing the pressure of indebtedness, conflict, and climate change.At the core of the much welcome debate around a New Global Financing Pact lies the challenge of providing health and wellbeing for all.