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A selection of news, resources and opportunities for action and advocacy around women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
October 2022
PMNCH seeks nominees to serve as high-level champions for women's, children's and adolescents' health and assume leadership positions within the Global Financing Mechanisms and the Private Sector Constituencies. Nominations are welcome from senior representatives and leaders within their organizations/fields, with sufficient leverage to influence global health policy agendas.
The deadline to receive nominations is Tuesday, 15 November. Further information and requirements for applying are in terms of Reference.
Decision-makers must be held accountable for safeguarding the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents. That was one of the resounding messages from the PMNCH Annual Accountability Breakfast, a virtual event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Over 1,100 registrants from more than 100 countries tuned in to watch a discussion moderated by Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, Director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, about the threats of conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 posed to the health of women, children and adolescents in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
This month, I am proud to spotlight 11 youth-led organizations doing outstanding work to improve the well-being of adolescents. The organizations, which are members of the PMNCH Adolescents and Youth Constituency, were selected as grant recipients under the COVID-19 Rapid Response and Recovery Small Grants Mechanism, led by the Global Finance Facility and PMNCH. These organizations will unite young people to implement activities and engagement that drive change at the national and sub-national levels, building support for the PMNCH Global Forum for Adolescents in October 2023.
Would you like to nominate a PMNCH member for their outstanding work for the health and rights of women, children and adolescents worldwide? Please email pmnch@who.int (subject: Partner Spotlight), and we will follow up for more information.
Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face multiple dimensions of vulnerability that threaten long-lasting consequences for themselves and their communities, threatening their prospects for survival and living healthy lives if not addressed urgently. This report from PMNCH, UNICEF, Every Woman Every Child, and PAHO, calls for policymakers to take action to improve the living conditions and prospects for adolescents living in LAC and offers specific recommendations.
This advocacy guide from Women Deliver is a tool to support advocates, particularly at the national level, to drive progress toward gender-responsive universal health coverage that is firmly based on human rights, supports gender equality and includes sexual and reproductive health services.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers report looks at the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and how the ensuing economic damage reinforces inequalities between and within countries. The report calls for the world to collaborate on developing diagnostics, treatments and vaccines; and ensuring equitable access to these tools for everyone, everywhere.
Countdown to 2030 has published a series of blog posts explaining how to clean and analyze routine aggregated health facility data. The first blog explains how to assess the quality of routine health facility data and adjust for outliers and missing data. The second and third blogs explain two methods for calculating denominators for key maternal, newborn and child health indicators.
The What Women Want campaign supported by PMNCH asked 1.3 million women and girls about their top priority for their own reproductive and maternal health, listened to their needs and aspirations and mobilized women, communities, and advocates to bring demands to local decision-makers—turning What Women Want into What Women Won.
This podcast (part of the TDR Global Health matters series) explores the subject of the health of refugees and migrants. It lays out the critical issues for the listener and, through the guests, builds awareness, and shares their expertise and lived experiences.
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. Submit your event here.
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International Day of the Girl Child
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This two-part webinar series focused on exposing the aggressive tactics of the formula milk industry and the role of health professional associations in taking a stand against formula milk marketing to protect the integrity of their professions and health outcomes for children and women.
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