The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Cairo Regional Hub held this week a high-level coordination meeting to advance joint health investment and strengthen operational cooperation across 7 countries/territories served by the IsDB Cairo Hub: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan and the Syrian Arab Republic. The meeting builds on the WHO–IsDB Strategic Framework Agreement (2022) and focused on aligning priorities to accelerate progress on universal health coverage, primary health care and resilient health systems.