We're at #UNGA this week! Look fwd to celebrating women advancing health in their communities and beyond tomorrow morning with Women In Global Health's #HeroinesofHealth. #GenderEquality and women’s rights (including #SRHR) are critical to the achievement of #UHC. #7thAsk #UHCGender

"We wanted to #helppeople & #helpwomen in our community, family & relatives. 5 million ppl have NO access to #surgicalcare. So few #womeninsurgery but helping female surgeons has direct impact on #patientcare & #access" Dr. Farzana Ibrahim #Heroinesofhealth #SurgeryUHC

Happening this morning: we’re coming to you live from the #HeroinesOfHealth event at #UNGA! Stay tuned here for live coverage throughout the morning of women working in their communities to provide #HealthForAll.

.Women In Global Health’s #HeroinesofHealth event celebrates women as drivers of better health in their nations and communities. #HealthForAll #UNGA #WomeninGH

“I would like to congratulate the fierce warriors reminding us to keep gender and equality at the heart of our policies and programs.” —@who’s Dr. Samira Asma on need for equity in #HealthForAll. #HeroinesOfHealth

“Getting women in positions to drive change is critical and that push from the community up is so important.” —Minister Helen Clark at #HeroinesOfHealth #HealthForAll #WomeninGH

“I celebrate this declaration on #UHC and we will use it to advocate for rights in #Chile.” —Midwife and Heroine of Health honoree Sandra Oyarzo Torres Sandra Oyarzo Torres #HealthForAll #HeroinesofHealth #UNGA

“For me being a physician and working as an activist, there is a big gap in ensuring we have enough women working in science...we cannot reach the #SDGs and #UHC without women and girls being involved. It will not happen.” -Dr. Joannie Marlene Bewa @BEWAJ #HeroinesOfHealth #UNGA

“The health workers on the frontline in their communities are the thousands and thousands of heroines out there...they provide the very foundation of what we’re trying to achieve in our leadership goals.” — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf #HeroinesOfHealth #UNGA

“Without providing the support and safe and enabling environment to these women who answered the call for service, we will not get the health outcomes we want.” —IFRC’s Elhadj As Sy @As_SyIFRC #HeroinesOfHealth #HealthForAll #UNGA

France’s Ambassador for Global Health Stéphanie Seydoux talks about “the hard work” needed to ensure gender equity is at the center of implementation of the The Global Fund and other critical programs that provide #HealthForAll. #HeroinesOfHealth #UNGA

After a morning filled with inspiring perspectives on women’s pivotal roles in providing #HealthForAll, United Nations Foundation’s Kate Dodson closes the #HeroinesOfHealth program: “We have a vision and passion. We will move forward with that. All of you are heroines.” #UNGA

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of today’s #HeroinesOfHealth event at #UNGA! Stay tuned here throughout the day to see the stories of women around the world working diligently to provide #HealthForAll!

Today we celebrate #HeroinesofHealth awardee Samalie Kitooleko from #Uganda. She is a nurse in charge of the Uganda Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry. At #UNGA74 we #celebratewomen as drivers of #betterhealth in their nations & communities. Read more bit.ly/2loeC17

We celebrate #HeroinesofHealth awardee Christine Mataza from #Kenya. As a #nurse in charge of Kilifi sub-county, she coordinates #primaryhealth facilities. At #UNGA74 we #celebratewomen as drivers of #betterhealth in their nations & communities. Read more bit.ly/2loeC17

Today we celebrate a #HeroinesofHealth awardee. Stéphanie Roche is from #Haiti and is a midwife and the head of the maternity unit in the Marigot area. As we begin to implement #HealthForAll, we celebrate women as drivers of better health in their nations & communities.

Today we celebrate Sandra Oyarzo Torres, #HeroinesofHealth awardee. Sandra Oyarzo is from Chile and is a midwife and has dedicated herself to primary healthcare and #HealthForAll. Acting on the #HLMUHC, we celebrate women as drivers of better health in their nations & communities.

Today we celebrate Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, a 2019 #HeroinesofHealth awardee. Honorable Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng is from #Uganda & has long championed the improvement of community health outcomes for #UHC, recognizing the need for gender equity to drive progress. #HealthForAll

We celebrate #HeroinesofHealth awardee Dr. Jeanne Tessoughué of #Mali. She's IntraHealth International USAID/Mali chief of party in Human Resources Health Strengthening. At #UNGA74 we #celebratewomen as drivers of #betterhealth in their nations & communities Read more bit.ly/2loeC17

We hope you've enjoyed learning about some of Women In Global Health's #HeroinesOfHealth today and their fight to provide #HealthForAll in their communities! To learn more, check out womeningh.org/heroines-of-he…