World Health Day

HEALTH IMPACTS INVESTMENTS Antenatal checks : High quality antenatal services – including at least eight checks with a skilled health worker and early ultrasound – are essential for all women to support healthy pregnancies, reduce risks and detect possible complications. Up to 15% of pregnant women have been estimated to develop a potentially life-threatening complication during pregnancy or birth. Lifesaving care during and after birth : At least 70% of all maternal deaths are due to direct obstetric causes like haemorrhage and pre-eclampsia; most of these fatalities occur during labour and birth, along with more than 40% of stillbirths, or shortly after delivery. Access to quality care from skilled providers during and after childbirth is critical, including vital emergency services if dangerous complications occur. Address indirect causes : Infectious diseases and pre-existing health conditions like anaemias, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and diabetes underpin nearly a quarter of maternal mort...

Focusing on the journey to achieving Health For All,

People with little education are twice as likely to report poor health than those with a tertiary education. Education is connected to lifelong employment, learning, and participation in society and decision-making ; and female literacy in particular results in better outcomes in children’s education, nutrition and life chances; reductions in family violence; and increased use of health services thanks to increased health literacy and better treatment from health services .   COVID-19, education, and health:   UNESCO estimates that globally, 23.8 million children,   adolescents, and youth (from pre-primary to tertiary) were at risk of not returning to school in 2020 as a result of COVID-19, including 11.2 million girls and young women, which could spell the reversal of 20 years of gains made for girls’ education. Without the school platform, and without the access to health and nutrition programmes, hunger, poverty, malnutrition and mental health are exacerbated for h...