This WHO webinar will be a practical discussion on how to sustain and improve high-quality maternal and newborn health care, an essential health services to protect the lives and health of women and children. Increased coverage of care for four targets by 2025 is essential to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, and the attainment of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and universal health coverage for all.
The 2025 targets and milestones will be launched by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General and Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF.
Global actions now will determine the course of maternal and newborn health for the next decade and the health and lives of future generations. Essential health services, including high-quality maternal and newborn health care must be sustained and further strengthened to withstand shocks like COVID-19, in order to protect the lives and health of women and children and progress towards our global commitments to women and children.
The focus of this webinar is as follows:
• Present new Every Newborn Coverage Targets to 2025 and corresponding Milestones by 2025
• Hear from Ministries of Health and partners on what is needed to support countries to achieve the Coverage Targets by 2025
