We recently caught up with Dr. Austin Demby, Minister of Health for Sierra Leone, at the #LivesInTheBalance ministerial event at #WHA77 . He told us what motivates him to advocate for maternal, newborn and child health: positively impacting our youth.
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🎥 Dr. S. Shanta Kumari at #LivesInTheBalance #WHA77 highlights the need for partnerships & investment in key priorities, especially addressing violence against women, to improve maternal health & achieve #SDG goals. 🌍

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6⃣ years, 6⃣ actions. New report via ENAP-EPMM and Child Survival Action Initiative, with PMNCH, emphasizes urgent need for accelerated action and investments in equitable coverage of effective intervs and quality care to achieve the MNCH #GlobalGoals : cdn.who.int/media/docs/def…

At #WHA77 this week we're chatting with attendees and delegates about MNCH. Today, medical student Michel Nasrallah of Lebanese University told us: together we can make a difference by advocating for #UniversalHealthCoverage . #UHC helps ensure no new mother or newborn is left behind.

Many aspects of health and growth during adolescence affect #MaternalHealth during pregnancy. Today at #WHA77 , PMNCH and partners launched an Adolescent Well-Being Investment report, which provides insights into intervs where investments have impact.

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1 in 3 children globally have elevated blood lead levels, which results in ⬇️ educational attainment and poor health outcomes in life. We must work together, across sectors, to ensure mothers and their children are safe from this toxic substance.

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🧵 At #WHA77 today, Ministries of Health from Nigeria, Vietnam and Bangladesh, and experts from Africa CDC, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and USAID, discuss the importance of a future free from lead exposure.

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🚨 Happening in just a few minutes! Don't miss the #LivesInTheBalance #WHA77 event “Invest in What Matters: Making the Case for #WCAH .” Prioritize adolescent well-being and join the dialogue for insights & leadership.
Last chance to register! 👇
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We ask that Member States adopt the WHA Resolution 'Accelerate progress towards reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality to achieve SDG targets 3.1 and 3.2' proposed in #WHA77 Agenda Item 11.7.

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🧵 #MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #GlobalGoals

The #MNCH Resolution on the #WHA77 agenda today is a move in the right direction in ensuring that more urgent focus is placed on women’s &children’s preventable, unjust and untimely death!! #PartnersOfChange make this a global 🌍 priority today!👇👇🏻👇🏽👇🏿
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We need to address maternal, stillbirth, newborn & child deaths in fragile settings.

Urgent investments & international cooperation are vital to improve primary healthcare quality & coverage.

Let's ensure universal access to quality healthcare for all❤️ #PartnersforChange #MNCH

🎥 Ying-Tsun Chen, Pharmacist & Global Health Advocate, at #LivesInTheBalance #WHA77 emphasizes the need for increased funding to reduce maternal, newborn, and child deaths. 🌍 Let's take action now!

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Many thanks to Tigistu A Ashengo (Tigi) and Debora Bossemeyer for attending this event at #WHA77 . And thank you Jhpiego AlignMNH for partnering with MiracleFeet in organizing this important conversation about #UHC for all people born with congenital anomalies.

We're at #WHA77 speaking to delegates and attendees about MNCH. Jhpiego's Annick Sidibe (@annicksidib) reminds us that we need to advocate more for researchers, drug developers and policymakers to reach the #GlobalGoals for #MaternalHealth and #NewbornHealth .

Today is #WorldHungerDay . Nutrition is key to a healthy start in life. We're advocating for better maternal and child nutrition services as part of the upcoming MNCH Resolution at #WHA77 . Discover key asks to Member States: cutt.ly/fw2nbMFH

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At #WHA77 this week, we've repeatedly heard that without access to surgery for MNH, there is no functioning #HealthSystem .

Joumana Atallah of Brave Heart Fund adds that 'surgeries should be accessible to all children in need.'

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Important reminder at #WHA77 : Experts at the WomenLift Health conference in Tanzania recently argued that there needs to be more focus and funding on #MaternalHealth and #NewbornHealth if we are going to achieve the SDGs. devex.com/news/gender-ac…

📈 Save the Children US report says 24 million mothers will give birth without a doctor, midwife or nurse in 2024. We continue to see this week at #WHA77 that conflict, climate and a renewed push-back against #ReproHealth make mothers and newborns vulnerable: savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…

🎥 Dr Flavia Bustreo at #LivesInTheBalance #WHA77 sheds light on necessary actions that MUST be taken to bring the world 🌍 back on track in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality.

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Live from #WHA77 🎥 Dr. Tigistu Adamu Ashengo (Tigistu A Ashengo (Tigi)), Chief Medical Officer at Jhpiego, shares what motivates him to advocate for MNCH: striving for #HealthEquity and catering to the needs of mothers and newborns.

What motivates you?

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