Namibia is one of 5 countries participating in Strengthening Public Health Institutional Capacity for Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights (#SPHIRHA) project, funded by @Sida, which addresses teenage pregnancy through improved data collection. #SPHIRHA will run from 2024 - 2028.
This week in 🇿🇦, #WHO Africa Region & #GFATM convened partners from 12 African nations to strengthen domestic health financing. Discussions focused on sustainable funding, service delivery, data, and financial efficiency. 🇸🇪Sweden joined as a long-term SRHR ally.
#GlobalHealth
Sweden proudly supports the SADC Secretariat & the #2getherforSRHR. Today, Sida attended a workshop on integrating SRHR into primary healthcare, stressing the importance of SADC member states working towards SRHR services in universal healthcare. #SwedenSRHRInAfrica#SRHRForAll
The climate crisis is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. With donor support, @Gavi will provide more protection against climate-sensitive diseases like #cholera and #yellowfever. I joined a roundtable discussion with Swedish youth politicians and CSOs to discuss the link between #climatechange and health.
Pleasure to meet with Sweden’s Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee to present @Gavi’s vision to protect more than 500 million children and save over 8 million lives from 2026-2030. We appreciate @SweMFA’s continued support to leave no-one behind with immunisation. #ForOurFuture
I met with @SweMFA’s State Secretary @sigriddiana to discuss the importance of private sector partnerships and how the return on investment in vaccines helps boost economies and prevent poverty. We appreciate Sweden’s partnership and commitment to #vaccinequity;
I wish to thank the International Vaccine Institute for welcoming us to discuss @IVIHeadquarters’s commitment to #vaccinequity and sustainability. I also learned about their research and innovation hub and discussed opportunities for collaboration with @Gavi:
Today, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs welcomed Gavi's new CEO @SaniaNishtar
Through flexible Swedish support, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi can quickly respond to outbreaks, such as mpox, while also helping to protect children around the world from diseases like measles, cholera, and diphtheria.
Sweden is one of the key contributors to Gavi's work in strengthening global infectious disease control.
Sweden welcomes the EU delivery of mpox vaccine doses via @EU_HERA that arrived yesterday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Vaccination is an important step towards stopping the mpox outbreak.
#TeamEurope@SwedeninDRCongo
Under 2022 drabbades över 10 000 kvinnor i Tanzania av livmoderhalscancer – nu erbjuds vaccin till miljoner flickor i landet. 🇹🇿
Tack vare nära samarbete mellan svenska partners som @Gavi, @Unicef och @WHO skapas en mer jämställd och jämlik hälsa.
➡️ https://t.co/vSBPi1KOwB
🇪🇺 & it’s 27MS welcomes the consensual adoption of the resolution on mental health and psychosocial support - a priority in EUs internal and external policy. Access and high-quality service free from stigma and discrimination is key for achieving #UHC and #2030Agenda
Sweden appreciates UN Women’s work in Europe and Central Asia and welcomes the concrete examples of efforts on closing the digital gender gap and protecting human rights. @unwomenboard
Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) is crucial for gender equality. Appreciation for relevant recent evaluation and its recommendations, expressed in a cross regional statement. Upcoming rights based #WEE strategy offers an opportune moment to implement the recommendations! 👇🏽
Attending 2023 Annual Session of @UN_Women Executive Board with fellow RDs. @unwomenchief emphasizes the criticality of UN Women’s triple mandate for delivering impact for women & girls and leveraging SDG 5 as a potent accelerator for #2030Agenda .
The use of sexual violence has been an often hidden terror in the full-scale war in #Ukraine.
But @UNFPA’s new film ‘Behind the Silence’ is bringing it to light.
📽 Watch it now and meet the Ukrainians providing vital support to survivors: https://t.co/Yrit18ZRz7
#EndRapeInWar
“Women and girls are paying the steepest price.”
This International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, @UNFPA_Arabic Regional Director @LailaBaker64 calls for an end to its normalization.
Learn more: https://t.co/IqD50dZx4B
#ThisIsNotNormal#EndRapeInWar