Helga Fogstad
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Director, Health Programme @UNICEF | Advocating for women's, children's and adolescents' health and well-being #ForEveryChild
New York, USA
Joined January 2014
Children, adolescents and pregnant women are facing the harshest consequences of HIV service disruptions. Protecting essential health services and restoring continuity of care is now urgent. This is a moment for collective action. #WAD2025 #ForEveryChild
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As we mark #WorldAIDSDay we celebrate the progress made towards an AIDS-free generation. Yet we have growing concerns that these hard-earned gains could be slipping away.
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Globally, children under age 15 account for: 🔵3% of all people living with #HIV 🔵9% of new HIV infections 🔵12% of all AIDS-related deaths. On #WorldChildrensDay, @UNICEF calls for renewed commitment to ensuring that no child is left behind in the HIV response. #MyDayMyRights
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In #Gaza - We at @UNICEF with @WHO and @UNRWA will through 149 clinics and 10 mobile stops reach 44,000 children with life-saving vaccines💉, nutrition support 🍱 and growth monitoring 📊- this is a needed integrated catch-up campaign!📢
.@WHO, @UNICEF and @UNRWA are undertaking an integrated catch-up campaign in #Gaza to reach 44,000 children, who have been deprived of essential life-saving services by two years of conflict, with routine immunization, nutrition support and growth monitoring. The campaign
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It is #WorldPneumoniaDay, @UNICEF calls on decision makers and partners to invest in the essential health services and vaccines to protect the lives of children. Far too many children die every year from pneumonia – a disease we know how to prevent. @UNICEFhealth @WHO
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Thank you Swedish Television for putting focus on the desperate situation and suffering of children in #Sudan, including the horrors of El Fasher in Darfur. Children and families must always be protected and have access to humanitarian aid. Most of all, children need peace.
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Climate change worsens children’s health and development. World leaders can, and must, protect children and invest in our shared future. #COP30
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Climate change poses significant risks to children’s health and well-being
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Join @UNICEF, @ChildHealthTF and MoH Sierra Leone for a webinar on the operationalization of the Sierra Leone #ChildSurvivalAction Plan 2023-2025 at the national level and in Kenema district. 🗓️ 5 November 🕑 2-3.15 PM GMT 🔗 https://t.co/1UQw8WR5jt
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I agree - we need to stand up for #women, #children and #adolecentes - we are about to reverse hard won gains. This happening on our watch!
This early morning energy is high @pmnch Accountability breakfast in NY. 20 years after PMNCH was created we still need to disrupt the status quo and accelerate changes for #women, #children and #adolescents #health and #rights
@daktari1 @HelenClarkNZ @khosla_rajat
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Through a US$24.9 million @Pandemic_Fund grant, which catalyzed an additional US$154 million in co-investment and US$5.8 million in co-financing, Rwanda’s pandemic preparedness project is being implemented with support from the @AIIB_Official, @FAO, @UNICEF, and @WHO.
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On #WorldOxygenDay we celebrate #SierraLeone’s progress— from 1 plant in 2021 to 12 today. Oxygen is saving newborns, children and mothers, giving families hope. Read more https://t.co/AXEORmbXvf
#ForEveryChild, a fair chance at life.
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A new @UNICEF and INSP of Burundi study published via @TheLancetInfDis explores household transmission patterns of clade Ib #mpox in Burundi, with a focus on children – providing some of the first empirical assessments of household transmission of clade Ib in an African epidemic.
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Happening next week! đź“Ł @UNICEF's Chief of Digital Health and Information Systems is moderating a plenary at #AHTS25, brining together @AfricaCDC, PATH, Medtronic Labs, and @RwandaHealth. Learn more: https://t.co/gYvdPFDMtJ
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đź“Łhosted by the @MinofHealthUG with the @_AfricaUnion. A first of it's kind with objective of advancing the agenda for triple elimination of vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis B! Thx to many for this important work!
Triple Elimination Conference in Africa w/ 20+ countries & partners: .@unicefchief urged countries to adopt & implement guidance to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis & hepatitis B. 🇺🇬Hosted by @MinofHealthUG & @_AfricanUnion + launch of @UNITAID initiative led by PATH.
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In war, children pay the steepest price. Every child has the right to a safe and hopeful future. Thank you @unicefchief Catherine Russell for your commitment to the EU-@UNICEF partnership. We will continue to uphold and protect the rights and well-being of children
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Major boost for the Health4Life Fund today from @UNICEFUSA with a contribution of US$4 million to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF as announced by the Lilly Foundation President. Read more:Â https://t.co/HaRO1aKkF5
#UNGA79 #NCDs @un_ncd
@UNICEFhealth @WHO @DrAxelrod_WHO @MamkaAnyona
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Fear of stigma and discrimination around #mpox can lead to struggles and reluctance to seek care. @UNICEF is working to raise awareness and support those affected, ensuring no one is left behind #ForEveryChild
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Excited to share that @EliLillyandCo Foundation granted $4m in support of the UN’s @Health4LifeFund helping to tackle the global rise of NCDs. This donation will enable catalytic, country-led action to tackle the burden of NCDs in low resourced communities in LIMCs. @un_ncd
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We call on governments and partners to act now: to invest in infection prevention, support the responsible use of antimicrobials, and empower CHWs to protect children from drug-resistant diseases. Let's unite #ForEveryChild
#UNGA79 #HealthForAll
Empowering CHWs with the resources, training, and support they need to deliver essential health services to underserved populations is key to protecting children, including from the scourge of #AMR. Let's unite #ForEveryChild
#UNGA79 #HealthForAll
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