In this edition of the Bulletin , Marks-Sultan et al. ¹ propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) should provide capacity-building for drafting health laws in Member States. They highlight that WHO has the authority and credibility to work with countries to make their national laws easier to access, understand, monitor and evaluate. WHO’s new technical support work related to universal health coverage (UHC) laws is a good example of its support for Member States in this important area.