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A selection of news, resources and opportunities for action and advocacy around women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
January 2022
PMNCH is pleased to announce a new leadership slate for the NGO constituency, the largest of our 10 constituencies, representing 700+ member organizations.
From 1 January 2022 until December 2024, the constituency will be chaired by María Antonieta Alcalde Castro, Director of Ipas Central America and Mexico, who will also represent the NGO constituency in the PMNCH Executive Committee and Board. She will be joined on the Board by fellow NGO rep Aminu Magashi Garba, Founder and Coordinator of Africa Health Budget Network, and supported in her constituency leadership role by under-30 Vice Chair Erika Dupuis, Country Coordinator of IYAFP Canada, as well as by NGO constituency Secretary Blessina Kumar, CEO of the Global Coalition of TB Activists.
Meet the NGO leadership here.
This month, I'm proud to spotlight the YP Foundation, a long-time member of PMNCH and a strong advocate for young people's rights, and the recognition of young people as equal stakeholders and transformative leaders. The YP Foundation is part of the PMNCH Adolescents & Youth constituency and is based in India, where adolescents and youth represent nearly 20% of the population. The YP Foundation's partnership with PMNCH has been pivotal in developing flagship products such as the adolescent toolkit and guiding the operationalization of the Global Consensus Statement on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement.
Learn about the YP Foundation's, campaign, collaboration with PMNCH and future strategies here.
If you are a PMNCH member interested in being spotlighted, please email pmnch@who.int and we will follow up for more information.
In 2021 PMNCH built on its robust programme of evidence and advocacy work to address the unique requirements of providing sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and nutrition services in conflict settings. A critical collaboration during this period was with the BRANCH Consortium leading to the subsequent launch of the Lancet Series on Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings. PMNCH supported the development of several knowledge translation products and a series of in-country workshops to advance multistakeholder policy dialogue.
Explore the Series and recording of workshops here.
Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health and partner organizations have published new and updated country profiles for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; equity; and early childhood development. The profiles were first shared during a webinar in December 2021, hosted in collaboration with PMNCH. The updated RMNCAH and nutrition country profiles include new indicators, larger graphics, and a more interactive format. The 137 profiles of low and middle-income countries have been reviewed and approved by experts in each country.
Updated profiles and webinar here.
A policy document repository on Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) is now online. The repository hosts 5,000 documents from approximately 140 countries submitted through the 2018-2019 WHO RMNCAH Policy Survey. Documents include national laws, policies, guidelines, operational guidance and strategic plans related to SRMNCAH. Using filters, users can search for records under various health topics in several categories, including country, document type and language.
Explore the repository here.
Creating time and space to grow parenthood
This blog from the Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group stillbirth series shares the experience of Dorte Hvidtjørn, a midwife at the Unit for Perinatal Loss at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. Over ten years, The Unit, a small shielded special space for bereaved parents and their babies who have died, has generated a lot of experience in supporting bereaved parents among the seven midwives working at the unit, and a lot of respect for the human capacity to endure devastation. Read here
Climate change is the biggest health threat facing humanity
In this commentary, Mohamed Eissa, IFMSA and PMNCH Member, writes that Multisectoral action, a whole of society approach and proactiveness is key to advancing the Paris agreement goals for Climate change. He reflects on how Africa can take the lead and calls for elevated, empowered and active voices from the continent to contribute to climate action. Read here
Check out what's happening in the women's, children's and adolescents' health and well-being space and share your events so we can feature them in the PMNCH Events Hub. You can submit your event➝ here.
Spotlight events
24 - 29 January | UHC Forum
The World We Want: action towards a sustainable, fairer and healthier society
PMNCH Board Chair, Helen Clark will deliver the keynote speech at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2022.
6 February | Global
International day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation 2022
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