Dear HIFA and CHIFA colleagues,
Forwarded from the WHO website. Read online here: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/02/19/default-calendar/...
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A future for the world’s children?
A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission
The health and future of children is under immediate threat.
We urgently need to bring about a new global movement for child health.
You are invited to the livestreamed launch [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/02/19/default-calendar/..., on Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 14:00 -16:00 CET, at the World Health Organization, of a major new report on child health and well-being, entitled A future for the world’s children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission.
The report constitutes the first comprehensive, independent report to reposition every aspect of child health through the lens of our rapidly changing climate and other existential threats. It is the result of more than two years of work by 40 child health experts from around the world, led by Her Excellencies Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Awa Coll-Seck, Minister of State of Senegal.
The report details critical, emerging risks to child health; proposes novel solutions; and calls for urgent action to achieve measurable results. Progress on indicators of child health and well-being is currently stalled across the SDGs, but can be jump-started with the right focus, leadership, involvement, policies and investment.
Speakers:
Dr Helen Clark, former Prime Minister, New Zealand; Commission Co-Chair
Dr Awa Coll-Seck, Minister of State, Senegal; Commission Co-Chair
Ms Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
This high-level event will include a discussion with leading experts, government officials and civil society.
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Best wishes, Neil
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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of the HIFA global health campaign (Healthcare Information For All - www.hifa.org ), a global community with more than 19,000 members in 177 countries, interacting on six global forums in four languages. Twitter: @hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil@hifa.org
