World Health Day

Evidence shows that prioritizing women's health holistically before, during and well-beyond the reproductive years is the path toward a healthier, more equitable world . Furthermore, maternal, newborn and child survival targets cannot be achieved without universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes. This event will provide latest trends on the state of SRHR and maternal mortality: the science, successes and challenge s. Celebrate the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s flagship World Health Day campaign and the start of the 58th Commission on Population and Development (CPD) Watch World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures - SDG3 and the constellation of care (CPD58 Side Event)!

Focusing on the journey to achieving Health For All,

The health goal ( SDG 3 ) is broad: ' Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages '. The SDG declaration emphasizes that to achieve the overall health goal, ' we must achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and access to quality health care . No one must be left behind '.

In medicine, the amount of money a patient pays for medical expenses that are not covered by a health insurance plan. Out-of-pocket costs include deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and costs for non-covered healthcare services. Increasing public financing for health and lowering out-of-pocket health costs saves lives while advancing the Sustainable Development Goals beyond health.

                                    As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, a group of mayors from the African region have committed to improve city governance for health and wellbeing as well as to promote measures for sustainable livelihoods. The African Mayors Dialogue on Urban Governance for Health and Wellbeing, an event organized jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) , with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) took place on 30 March 2022 at the UN Hub of the Expo Dubai . The event featured mayors from five major African cities: Brazzaville, Congo: Douala, Cameroon; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Gaborone, Botswana; and Lusaka, Zambia. “This is an opportunity to rethink the paradigm we use in health service delivery, ” said Dr Oumar Sylla, UN-HABITAT acting ...