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📣 We're looking for a Communications Officer to join our team & support our advocacy efforts for women's, children's & adolescents' health. Passionate about partner engagement, digital innovation & creativity?
Details 👉
🗓️ Apply by 15 August 2023
📣 We're looking for a Communications Officer to join our team & support our advocacy efforts for women's, children's & adolescents' health. Passionate about partner engagement, digital innovation & creativity?
Details 👉
🗓️ Apply by 15 August 2023
Girls must be given a safe environment to dream, think big. That is how empowerment will happen. Girls can do it, but we’ve been a patriarchal society for so long that all they need is a little push:
@priyankachopra
, Actor
@UNICEF
Ambassador.
#2018PMNCHLive
Despite
#Covid19
challenges, midwives continue to provide life-saving services ensuring healthy outcomes for women and their babies.
To all midwives everywhere—Thank You!
#IDM2020
#ForEveryWomanChildAdolescent
This generation will change the next generation and that's why health and education for women and children are important. Every drop fills an ocean – we are those little drops. When we change, the world changes:
@priyankachopra
, Actor
@UNICEF
Ambassador
#2018PMNCHLive
Thrilled to welcome
@HelenClarkNZ
as the new
@PMNCH
Board Chair. An inspirational leader & champion for women and
#genderequality
. We look forward to your strategic guidance in support of women’s, children’s & adolescents’ health & well-being.
#EWECisME
🎉 Congratulations to
@ChandraMouliWHO
@WHO
on receiving the prestigious 2022-2023 Nafis Sadik Award from the Rotary Action Group! This well-deserved recognition celebrates courageous humanitarian leadership in reproductive, maternal, and child health.
Read more
It will take more than 160 years before an African woman has same chance of her baby being born alive as a woman in high-income country
#endstillbirths
#qualitycare
Congratulations
@MoHFW_INDIA
for leading the way with this new initiative for zero preventable maternal and newborn deaths. Thanks for keeping your foot on the pedal for this unfinished agenda. Accountability in Action!
#accountabilitymatters
#EWECisME
📣 We're thrilled to announce
@khosla_rajat
as the incoming Executive Director of PMNCH, starting May 15 🎉, bringing >20 years of expertise in women's health, gender equality, & human rights!
Read the announcement from PMNCH Board Chair,
@HelenClarkNZ
:
🚀 Just Out: Prioritize women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health in the climate crisis. Climate change poses a global health threat, affecting communities worldwide.
Read the Advocacy Brief! 👉
Rejoignez ce dialogue pour examiner les problèmes clés et les solutions pour améliorer l'égalité des sexes, revitaliser les partenariats sur les droits et le bien-être des femmes, des enfants et des adolescents.
Inscrivez-vous⇸
#ProtectTheProgress
Congratulations,
@DrTedros
, on your 2nd term re-election as
@WHO
DG. As former
@PMNCH
Board co-chair, we are proud of your staunch support for women’s, children’s & adolescents’
#health
#wellbeing
& excited for the great work we will continue to do together!
#PartnersForChange
💫
We are kicking off Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World: High-level luncheon dialogue
With
@LeviSingh6
welcoming young leaders from around the world
#1point8
📢 Announcement
PMNCH sadly announces the departure of our Executive Director,
@HFogstad
. We thank her for exceptional leadership & congratulate her on her new role as Director of Health Programs at UNICEF.
We're seeking a successor, see job description ➡️
Congratulations
@HelenClarkNZ
! A fine decision and a wise appointment by
@DrTedros
to lead this important piece of work. Very best wishes from
@PMNCH
as you step up to this challenging but critical assignment that could help shape a better future
#ForEveryWomanChildAdolescent
We can create a world where all women, children and adolescents have
equal opportunity to realize their potential. India's PM, Shri
@narendramodi
looking ahead to Partners' Forum 2018. Find out how you
can make a difference.
#2018PMNCHLive
Eight months ago, India PM
@narendramodi
graciously agreed to be the patron of the Partners’ Forum 2018 and unveiled the logo of the forum. Now, we're there! Just 14 days to go for Partners' Forum 2018 - join us live online!
#2018PMNCHLive
Underhand marketing tactics ➕ political lobbying helped the formula milk industry generate US$55 billion in sales in 2020.
A new
@TheLancet
Series calls for breastfeeding to be supported, promoted, and protected: ⤏ 🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏿🤱🏾
.
@HelenClarkNZ
:
#Gender
is among the most powerful determinants of health. Gender influences the distribution of power and privilege and defines roles considered appropriate for women and men respectively in societies - Read here
#EWECisME
Equity is key to ending this pandemic & preparing for the next!
@HelenClarkNZ
@gavi
’s Anuradha Gupta in
@bmj_lastest
call on govts. to commit to equitable access to vaccines & prioritize the health of women, children & adolescents
⇲📃
#COVIDCallToAction
.
@HFogstad
Executive Director
@PMNCH
#IMARCHFor
every woman and every girl to have access to the full range of
#SRHR
interventions so they can make choices about their lives, their rights, their health & well-being. Come march with us!
#NairobiSummit
#ICPD25
PMNCH mourns the sudden passing of our Board member, Dr Peter Salama, Executive Director
@WHO
. We have lost one of our finest leaders in global health. Our deepest thoughts and sympathies today are with Pete’s family, and our
@WHO
colleagues.
Look who is in the office today! Thrilled to have
@HelenClarkNZ
in Geneva with the
@PMNCH
Secretariat
@HFogstad
. Plotting, planning, priming for a new year that boldly moves the needle on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being.
#EWECisME
🚨Kicking off our participation at
#IMNHC2023
with
@PMNCH
Executive Director,
@HFogstad
, moderating the session ‘Midwives: Leading the Way in Improving Quality Maternal and Newborn Care’.
Health-care professionals are key in responding to women’s and girl’s needs with respect.
🌐👶 Kicking off the first Global Congress today on the Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes! Inspired to see
@WHO
&
@UNICEF
and convening delegates from ~130 countries coming together to advocate for optimal infant nutrition. 🍼
➡️
Adolescent health has multiple aspects: nutrition; sport & exercise; sexual & reproductive health; rights & services; & the specific needs of adolescent girls. This is why a multisectoral approach is vital for adolescent health & well-being
#2018PMNCHLive
#EWECisME
@UN_EWEC
📢Exciting news!
You can now register your own event to support adolescent well-being in your community and be part of the Global Forum for Adolescents!
Join the
#1point8
campaign and register your event now 👉🏽
📢 We're all set to kick off our activities at
#GirlsDeliver
!
We're immensely inspired by our partners, who are working tirelessly to ensure a healthy & empowering transition into adulthood for adolescent girls.
Let's make a difference together!
#WomenDeliver
#1point8
We are excited to announce that
@HelenClarkNZ
@PMNCH
Board Chair will give the keynote address at
#LivesInTheBalance
Summit!
💻Register here ➳ to take part in the discussion on 1 and 2 July.
There is no point in talking about children’s future, health and well-being without putting it in the context of what is unfolding with our climate says
@HelenClarkNZ
@TheLancet
commission co-chair
@PMNCH
Board chair
#FutureChild
PMNCH is extremely happy to be present at
#WD2023
!
Thank you
@WomenDeliver
for making sure that adolescents are a key focus and that leaders are listening to what young people want.
#1point8
Gender inequalities and discrimination clearly affect reproductive, maternal, newborn, children and adolescent health; these issues must be explicitly weaved in all health discussions, at every level:
@AnupriyaSPatel
, Minister of State at
@MoHFW_INDIA
Join
@PMNCH
and partner’s Call to Action advocating for
#SRHR
as a core pillar of Universal Health Coverage. Learn how--- draft document and sign-on here Deadline 31 December
#EWECisME
.
@WHO
just released the top 13 urgent global health challenges in the next decade, but they can all be tackled with proper investments in core health priorities and systems. See the list here
#HealthForAll
#adolescenthealth
#climateAction
.
@HelenClarkNZ
: In normal times and in times of crisis, a human rights-based approach is both the right approach and a highly effective one. We need that approach to both
#UHC
and to
#SRHR
#SRHRinUHC
📣 Join us on Nov 21 at 13:00 CET for "Climate Change across the Life Course: Evidence to Action." 🌐 Virtually unite with advocates launching a powerful call to action. Let's make a difference!
👉
@WHO
@UNFPA
@UNICEF
@HRPresearch
@ibp_network
@daktari1
The lives of women, children & young people in
#Ukraine
hang in the balance.
@PMNCH
urges the global community to demand an end to hostilities to prevent women, children & adolescents being forcibly displaced, losing their lives & fundamental rights.
There is no time to lose.
The
@PMNCH
family is immensely saddened by the loss of George Patton
@gcpatton1
— a dear friend to us all and an unfailing champion for adolescent well-being.
He will be dearly missed.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family.
We are thrilled to announce that H.E. Ms Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile has accepted the role as our new Board Chair. Read the statement here and retweet to join us in warm
@presidencia_cl
@UN_EWEC
welcome!
#EWECisME
.
@HelenClarkNZ
@PMNCH
Board Chair calls for a strong and decisive multi-stakeholder response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the lives of millions of women, children and adolescent hang in the balance.
Read Statement here
The old order gives way to the new & yesterday we saw the passing of the baton from one remarkable woman to another.
Thank you Mrs Machel
@G_MachelTrust
, it has been a privilege to have you as
@PMNCH
Chair. A very warm welcome to
@mbachelet
as you step into this new role.
The evidence is clear⇢ investment in quality
#midwifery
education and training ensures POSITIVE birth experience for women and BEST outcomes for women, newborns and families. Learn more and have your say ⇢
#HealthForAll
#EWECisME
🚨 US Supreme Court's decision to repeal Wade vs Roe instantly makes women and girls law-breakers if they seek an abortion in at least 22 states. Devastating news.
You are not alone, we won't stop fighting.
#PartnersForChange
@HelenClarkNZ
@HFogstad
.
@HelenClarkNZ
: Your ideas today can become tomorrow’s commitments leading to concrete actions as we approach the Global Summit for Adolescents in 2023.
#adolescents2030
Message from
@DrTedros
@WHO
at the opening of the PMNCH Board, stressing the importance of advocating together for
#WCAH
& the critical role of
@PMNCH
& partners in supporting governments deliver for women, children and adolescents.
⟼
#PartnersForChange
Exciting news! 🌍🎉 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Global Forum for Adolescents happening on 11-12 October. Join us and be part of the largest gathering for adolescent well-being.
REGISTER NOW! 👉
#youngpeopleforchange
#1point8
#adolescents2030
❗️It is unacceptable that about half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe. To change this,
@WHO
and
@HRPresearch
have launched new guidelines to protect the health and human rights of girls and women
#SRHR
⇾
We've identified 12 successful, transformative, cross-sectoral
#SuccessFactors
case studies from different parts of the world. One of these is
@CreceContigo
that I was a part of:
@mbachelet
; former Chilean President, incoming PMNCH Chair
#2018PMNCHLive
As the
@UNFCCC
sees the first ever
#COP
#HealthDay
at
#COP28
today, we ask leaders to listen to the voices of
#healthcommunity
! Climate change is a
#healthcrisis
! Women, children & adolescents are amongst those most affected! We need climate action to save lives & leave no one
We announced the
#SuccessFactors
Country Case Studies at our global kick-off event in April. Let's learn more about why these examples of mutisectoral collaboration worked and how they can be replicated, at our Partners' Forum this December in New Delhi!
#2018PMNCHLive
We need to get rid of one myth— that women live far—women don’t live far they live in their homes, we are far from them .
@FrankaCadee
@world_midwives
on the importance of having health facilities within reach
#qualitycare
#WHA71
#COVID19
can exacerbate risks of violence for women but there are things we CAN do to mitigate the effects and ensuring that health systems work
#ForEveryWomanChildAdolescent
↴
“Health and Wellness Ambassadors are working in Indian schools with adolescents, and they are looking at their concerns through a multi-sectorial lens”, says Preeti Sudan,
@MoHFW_INDIA
and PMNCH Board Chair at side event
#HealthForAll
#WHA72
#EWECisME
with big media attention.
Wherever possible, mothers & babies should stay together & be supported to exercise the most appropriate feeding option available.
#Breastfeeding
remains the preferred mode of infant feeding in almost all difficult situations
#COVID19
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
👀
@PMNCH
video
.
@PMNCH
's Health-Care Professional Associations Constituency calls for a human rights-based approach and the empowerment of women, children & adolescents to take leadership roles in
#climatechange
adaptation!
📜Read the statement⥱
#PartnersForChange
#COP26
A billion doses and counting!
Preeti Sudan, Former Health Secretary
@MoHFW_INDIA
& former PMNCH Board Chair outlines the challenges, systematic changes & strategies used to ensure that India becomes the front runner in administering
#COVID19
vaccines.
🖥️
Happy International
#YouthDay
! 🙌🏽🎏
Today from 15:00-17:00 CET join us to celebrate young people & the infinite possibilities that come from including & engaging them.
We are dicussing meaningful adolescent & youth engagement & want to hear from you!
#YouthDay
#Adolescents2030
📣 LAST DAY!
Call for Nominations! 🌟 PMNCH is seeking vibrant individuals under 30 for key roles in the Adolescent and Youth Constituency:
Review the Terms of Reference and submit your nominations! 👇
👏 The Global Forum for Adolescents has come to an end, but this is just the beginning! Speakers, governments,
#youngpeopleforchange
& partners are committed to advocate for the health & well-being of the
#1point8
billion young people worldwide 🌍. UNITE! RISE! LEAD!