New commitments galvanized in support of Every Woman Every Child to help advance the UHC agenda

In the margins of the 74th United Nations General Assembly,Every Woman Every Child hosted a high-level event and reception -Delivering Together for the Health and Well-being of Women, Children and Adolescents to Advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in partnership with the Government of Norway, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn& Child Health (PMNCH) and EWEC-LAC. The reception featured welcome remarks from Ms. Amina J Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary General, a keynote address by H.E. Ms. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia and Co-Chair of the EWEC High Level Steering Group, and remarks by Mr. Aksel Jakobsen, State Secretary of International Development of Norway. The reception aimed to galvanize political commitments for the comprehensive UHC agenda and brought together political leaders and EWEC partners in two fireside chat discussions around access to primary health care (PHC) including strengthening health systems that provide comprehensive services for women, children and adolescents, in addition to highlighting the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships for UHC. Notably during the reception, new and significant commitments made within the last year (September 2018 - September 2019) to women ’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and wellbeing in support ofEvery Woman Every Child were announced, which in turn will help advance the PHC and UHC agenda more broadly. Grounded in human rights, the Every Woman Every Child movement is a mutually agreed p...
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: adolescent health [subject], adolescent, youth, young people, teen health, teenager, adolescence, adolescents, child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child, maternal health [subject], maternal mortality, maternal, antenatal care Source Type: news