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Quality, equity and dignity
QED efforts aim to ensure equitable access to good-quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period and to ensure that all women, newborns, children and adolescents have a positive experience of care that respects and fulfils their rights. Why is QED a focus area for 2018-2020? (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Adolescent health and well-being
Investments in adolescent health and well-being can transform the lives of young people and generate significant economic returns, yielding a triple dividend: health benefits for adolescents, for the adults they will become and for the next generation. Why is adolescent health and well-being a focus area for 2018-2020? (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Early childhood development (ECD)
Investing in the early years of life has a profound impact on brain development, affecting a child ’s learning, health, behaviour, and ultimately, income. Why is ECD a focus area for 2018-2020? (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Key focus areas
In line with the Global Strategy for Women ’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, PMNCH focuses on the most vulnerable and marginalized, placing equity at the centre of its work. The Partnership recognizes the substantial impact of health-enhancing sectors on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health, and engages across sector s to identify links and opportunities to promote greater partner participation in multisectoral knowledge sharing, advocacy, action and accountability to deliver health results for women, children and adolescents. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - December 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Global civil society group pushes for resources to deliver results at two-day workshop
More than 80 representatives from 33 of the 36 Global Financing Facility (GFF) countries gathered in Cote d ’Ivoire for the fifth edition of the GFF Civil Society annual workshop. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the GFF IG meeting, aimed to build the capacity of civil society organizations working on the GFF, to engage in its Investment Case development and effectively monitor implementation of G FF-funded projects. The meeting’s specific objectives were to: While the meeting shared information on the GFF process; civil society engagement; SRMNCAH planning, financing and monitoring and budget advocacy, specific ...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - December 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

PMNCH calls for action on adolescent wellbeing at the ICPD25 Summit
The Partnership for Maternal Health& Newborn Child (PMNCH) aims to ensure that women ’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being remains a priority in the political agenda at the global and national level and that this is reflected in the development of the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. Adolescent health and well-being is at the core of the PMNCH program of work where th e PMNCH Adolescent and Youth Constituency (AYC) play an important role. Building on the success of the Global Consensus on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement, PMNCH alongside several other partners, have developed a Call to Action on ad...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - November 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Universal Health Coverage: Are we losing our way on women ’s and children’s health?
Our children are our future and one of the basic responsibilities is to care for them in the best and most compassionate manner possible. —Nelson Mandela[1] If women are denied a chance to develop their full human potential, including their potential to lead healthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is society as a whole really healthy? —Dr. Margaret Chan[2] (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - November 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Survey: Evaluation of the Independent Accountability Panel
The  Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) works to support the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) movement. It was first convened in 2016 with a mandate to provide an independent and transparent review of progress on the 2015-2030 Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health a nd to identify and promote the necessary actions to ensure achievement of the Strategy’s goals using an accountability lens.  It forms a part of the Global Strategy ’s Unified Accountability Framework. For the Terms of Reference for the IAP follow the links to the right.  (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - October 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Reaching the hard to reach: How to make universal health coverage a reality for all
PMNCH, WHO and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, on the sidelines of the 141st IPU Assembly, brought partners together for an event on “Reaching the hard-to-reach: How to make UHC a reality for all?” The aim of the event was to share best practices and challenges of parliamentary action in turning the "leave no one behind" pledge into practice as efforts are put in place to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and SDG3. This conversation took place as the IPU discussed a resolution on the role of parliamentarians in achieving UHC; and it provided a space for sharing of best practices and discussing practical implement...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - October 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

IPU resolution on universal health coverage a boost for women ’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
The 141st Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union has adopted the landmark resolution “Achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2030: the role of Parliaments in ensuring the right to health,” notching up another milestone in reaching the ambitious target of universal health coverage (UHC). PMNCH, a member of the IPU Advisory Group on Health, played an important role in advocating for women ’s, newborns’, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being to be central to the resolution through public statements, events and strategic advocacy. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - October 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Nigeria: Implementing the Advocating for Change for Adolescents Toolkit
As an advocacy fellow at EVA, I have been able to use the toolkit to push for the implementation of laws and policies that uphold the rights to health of adolescents and young people. For instance, in Niger State, Nigeria, I participated in an advocacy visit to the State Primary Healthcare Development Board to discuss the specific inclusion of adolescents and young people as beneficiaries of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. My knowledge of the toolkit helped me to actively participate in the conversation and present our concrete asks. This advocacy visit gave us the platform to make recommendations on adolescents ’ ...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - October 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

India: Institutionalizing meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health
In the last few years, adolescent health has gained traction as a priority focus area. Mortality and morbidity frameworks used to be based on specific diseases and health issues. Over time, with greater understanding of social determinants of health and integration of the discourse of well-being, the lens of looking at health has transformed into a holistic interconnected agenda under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs and the Global Strategy for Women ’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health view adolescents as a unique constituency with health concerns requiring dedicated policies and programmes. Ind...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - October 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Workshop: Strengthening evidence use for action and accountability in women ’s, children’s and adolescent’s health
More than 40 researchers, policy makers, parliamentarians and civil society representatives from 11 countries came together in Nairobi to discuss inequities in women ’s, children’s and adolescent’s health interventions and how these can be reduced. The specific objectives of the meeting were to: The workshop presented findings of inequity studies conducted by country institutions, in Sub-Saharan African countries. Some of the findings included: (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - September 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Implementing the Every Newborn Action Plan: Take the survey
The global Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) provides a road map of evidenced-based and strategic actions to end preventable newborn mortality and stillbirth, and contribute to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, and disabilities by 2030. We cannot meet these 2030 global goals without the acceleration of the implementation of ENAP. Through this survey we want to gather feedback and suggestions from the broadest community on how to accelerate and advance the implementation of the Every Newborn Action Plan. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - September 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news

Small grants to support civil society advocacy and accountability for women ’s, children’s and adolescents’ health announced
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn& Child Health (PMNCH) Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the Global Financing Facility (GFF), are pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of funding from the Small Grants Mechanism to support civil society engagement, alignment, and coordinated action for improved women ’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health (WCAH), particularly in relation to the GFF. Civil society organizations (CSOs) significantly contribute to improved health outcomes through inclusive and meaningful participation of marginalized and vulnerable populations, advocacy for increased service av...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - September 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news