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In case you missed it: Accelerating Action for Adolescent Health and Well-Being in a Changing World

Today’s adolescents are navigating a world shaped by multiple and overlapping challenges, from mental health pressures and humanitarian crises to digital abuse, gender inequality and shrinking health financing.

The stakes could not be higher. Nearly 1 million adolescents die each year from mostly preventable causes, while millions more face barriers to essential health services, education, protection and opportunities to thrive.

Yet the evidence is clear: investing in adolescent health and well-being delivers significant returns for individuals, communities and economies. The question is no longer whether we should invest, but how quickly we can turn evidence into action.

🎥 Missed the event? Watch the recording today: https://t.co/u4JGoA6mlP

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🎙️ The new PMNCH Touchpoint episode is live

In this episode, @kchalkidou, Director of Health Financing and Economics at WHO, Prof. Justice Nonvignon, Technical Director for Health Economics and Financing, MSH and @khosla_rajat , Executive Director, PMNCH, discuss why investing in women’s and children’s health delivers some of the highest returns in global development among other things.

As countries face growing fiscal pressures, Kalipso highlights why protecting these investments is essential for healthier populations, stronger economies and sustainable development.

▶️ Watch the full episode today:
https://t.co/mS0xo3IC0Y

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Kenya, under the leadership of President William Ruto, has launched the Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere (EWENE) Acceleration Plan 2026–2028, a nationally led effort to reduce preventable maternal and newborn deaths through stronger leadership, domestic financing and accountability. As a member of the Global Leaders Network (GLN), Kenya is demonstrating the commitment needed to accelerate progress for women, children and adolescents.

Backed by major investments in maternal health services, frontline health workers and essential supplies, the initiative reflects Kenya’s determination to ensure every woman and newborn has access to quality care and a healthier future.

Read the full story today. https://t.co/ZRZDZ5GH3W

@GovtOfKenya, @GLN_Community, @HennetKenya

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JOIN THE MOVEMENT! Around the world, too many women still die during pregnancy and childbirth, too many children lack access to essential health services, and too many adolescents are left behind by systems that fail to meet their needs.

PMNCH brings together governments, partners, health-care professionals, youth and advocates to help change this reality through collective action, stronger policies and greater accountability for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.

Become part of a global movement working to ensure every woman, child and adolescent can survive, thrive and reach their full potential.
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On Our Watch: Lack of access to sexual and reproductive health services in Zambia.

In the latest video from PMNCH’s On Our Watch series, youth advocates highlight the barriers that continue to prevent adolescents and young women from accessing essential sexual and reproductive health and rights (#SRHR) services in Zambia. From mandatory parental consent requirements to shortages of family planning commodities, these challenges are limiting access to care, particularly for those living in rural communities.

🎥 Watch now. https://t.co/e4E7wqB7Lm

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PMNCH ED @khosla_rajat reflects on a pivotal May, as partners came together to highlight the consequences of shrinking aid and multiplying crises on women, children and adolescents worldwide.

At #WHA79, PMNCH convened two Lives in the Balance events, bringing renewed attention to the urgent need for solidarity, accountability and sustained political leadership to protect hard-won gains for #WCAH. These discussions reinforced a clear message: women, children and adolescents must remain at the centre of global health priorities and reform efforts.

Rajat also reflects on Women Deliver, the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi, the launch of PMNCH’s FactCheck initiative, and new efforts to advance financing and partner mobilization for #WCAH.

Read more: https://t.co/KhKIyFWL9M

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📬 Our May E-blast is here!
🤝 PMNCH welcomes H.E. Monica Geingos as incoming Board Chair
🏛️ At #WHA79, leaders urged stronger action to safeguard #WCAH and #SRHR amid shrinking aid and growing global challenges
🌍 Global health reform is accelerating, with calls to keep women, children and adolescents at the centre of financing and policy decisions
💰 New solutions for sustainable financing, including debt-to-health swaps, are gaining momentum as countries seek to protect health investments
👁️ Innovation in Mongolia is helping prevent childhood blindness through AI-enabled screening for premature infants

📨 Read now: https://t.co/XqNzPb10Cj

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Every woman deserves a safe pregnancy and childbirth. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up healthy. Every adolescent deserves access to care, protection and the chance to reach their full potential.

Yet around the world, millions are still being denied these basic rights because of inequality, underfunded health systems and lack of investment.

PMNCH brings together partners across sectors and constituencies to advocate for stronger policies, greater financing and collective action that place #WCAH at the centre of global and national agendas.

Join a global movement working to create a healthier, safer and more equitable future for all. 👇
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Can global health reform succeed if the health and rights of women, children and adolescents are left implicit rather than explicitly protected?

In a new opinion piece, Rt. Hon. Helen Clark and @khosla_rajat make the case that health architecture reforms, from financing and governance to country ownership and accountability, must clearly prioritize women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/c5fco2Ztsd

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In case you missed it: Health Sovereignty, Financing Reform and Protecting What Matters Most: Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

At this PMNCH’s Lives in the Balance series event, leaders from governments, multilateral organizations, civil society and global health partners came together to discuss a pressing challenge: progress in reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality is stalling, and in some settings reversing, amid shrinking development assistance, growing fiscal pressures and escalating humanitarian crises.

The message was clear: health sovereignty must be people-centred, grounded in country ownership, sustainable domestic financing and accountability to communities. As countries navigate a rapidly changing global health landscape, the health and rights of women, children and adolescents must remain at the centre of policy, financing and reform decisions.

🎥 Watch the full recording: https://t.co/EEU7FEYUHw

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In the latest edition of PMNCH's On The Ground series, Betty, a women's rights advocate from Zambia, shares the heartbreaking story of a young woman in her community who lost her life after resorting to an unsafe abortion due to fear, stigma and a lack of information.

Her testimony is a powerful reminder that access to sexual and reproductive health services is not enough if women and girls do not know their rights, cannot access accurate information, or fear being judged when seeking care. Safe, accessible and stigma-free services save lives.

🎥 Watch Betty's story and hear why ensuring access to information and rights-based health services for women and girls remains an urgent priority for health systems everywhere. https://t.co/K7Y9RnYmcJ

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BECOME A PMNCH MEMBER! Behind every statistic is a woman fighting to survive childbirth, a child without access to essential care, or an adolescent whose future is shaped by inequality, conflict or lack of opportunity.

Too many are still being left behind by systems that fail to prioritize their health, rights and wellbeing.

PMNCH brings together partners across sectors and constituencies to advocate for stronger policies, greater investment and collective action that place women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health at the centre of global and national agendas.

Join a movement turning partnership into action and action into impact. 👇
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In an interview with Channel Africa, PMNCH Board Chair Rt. Hon. Helen Clark highlighted the consequences of declining health financing, warning that millions of preventable deaths could result if essential services continue to be disrupted. She also stressed the importance of ensuring that ongoing global health reforms remain focused on people, not just structures, and that investments in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health remain a priority.

🎧 Listen to the full interview: https://t.co/s4LTNODAd4

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India’s early investment in adolescent health and its accelerated progress on maternal and infant mortality show what is possible when policy, financing and sustained action align.

The opportunity now is clear: translate this momentum into scaled, equitable impact across countries.

#WCAH #PMNCH #HealthForAll

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Union Health Minister Shri @JPNadda holds Bilateral Meeting with PMNCH Board Chair Ms. @HelenClarkNZ on the Sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva

Reaffirms India’s strong commitment towards advancing the global agenda for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health

India was among the first countries to launch a dedicated national programme for adolescents in 2014: Shri Nadda

“India has achieved significant reductions in Maternal Mortality Ratio and Infant Mortality Rate, at a pace surpassing global trends”

https://t.co/G02XY35Exd

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At #WHA79, partners warned that women, children and adolescents risk being written out of global health reform at the very moment needs are escalating.

In 2025, official development assistance fell by 23.1%, the steepest drop on record. Meanwhile, 20 million infants missed essential vaccines in 2024, and nearly 1 million adolescents continue to die each year from mostly preventable causes.

During PMNCH’s #LivesintheBalance series, Financing, Rights and Action for Women, Children and Adolescents, leaders called for WCAH and SRHR to be explicitly protected in global health reform agendas, financing decisions and crisis responses. Discussions from both dialogues, including Accelerating Action for Adolescent Health and Well-Being in a Changing World, reinforced the urgent need to prioritise adolescent health and well-being in a rapidly changing world.

Read more: https://t.co/BzkHjw1wKi

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Do you know where to engage in the global health architecture reform conversation?

As global health systems evolve, key reform spaces like the G7 Joint Political Declaration, the Accra Reset and the Lusaka Agenda are shaping the future of financing, governance and health system priorities.
But one critical question remains: are women, children and adolescents truly at the centre of these reforms?

Explores why women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, must be explicitly protected within global health reform efforts, especially in a time of shrinking resources and growing inequality.

📌 FAQ: https://t.co/OaEptZ8Nxf

📄 Article: https://t.co/c5fco2Ztsd

🔑 WHA Key Messages: https://t.co/yFIB4FsRmW

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