We're gearing up for the World Health Assembly—May 27 to June 1—where delegates, partner agencies, #civilsociety and World Health Organization (WHO) experts will discuss #globalhealth priorities.

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This week's #HealthyWorldConference unpacks the interconnection of health, gender and climate. The GFF's #healthfinancing lead, Cicely Thomas, joins the May 14 panel discussion around global partnerships & multilateral collaboration on climate + health.

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'The fight against the #climatecrisis must start from #womenshealth .'

A year after Cyclone Freddy devastated Malawi, Elle Italia sits down with All for Youth founder Christina Chilimba to discuss the impacts of climate change on her country, through an #SRHR lens.

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Now on the GFF Knowledge and Learning Portal: #DataUse Learning Package

Designed to support decision makers in #RMNCAHN policy + programming with concrete guidance tools, and other resources to promote #strategicengagement in data and evidence use. #healthpolicy

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This week, Results for Development The GFF & Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA are hosting a co-creation workshop with key actors in M&E to explore the utility of adapting the Frequent Assessments and System Tools for Resilience #FASTR ; a rapid cycle approach to monitor health outcomes in Nigeria World Bank

📣 Join us for this capacity building webinar to equip partners w/info about #WCAH issues & tools to influence #WHA77 outcomes & learn more w/a deep dive on the #MNCH Resolution.

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Excellent 🧵capturing the pre-conference discussions on #youthled and #civilsociety orgs + #familyplanning + #SRH + more—ahead of September’s Summit of the Future.

Cheers to our partners OAYouth Kenya PAI UNFPA Kenya Health NGOs Network (HENNET) for hosting!

#DeliverTheFuture

In a recent article in the The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, scientists from icddr,b, The Global Fund, The GFF, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and École de santé publique de l'UdeM propose ways to make #globalhealth initiatives more equitable through more locally informed evaluation practices.
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Civil Society and Youth Engagement for the GFF in 2024: Equity, Access, Accountability. WB/IMF CSPF Session with Civil Society Coordinating Group for the GFF, Global Youth Platform, GemHubInitiative, SERAC Bangladesh, Lunia Centre For Youths, Amref Health Africa, ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership PAI & The GFF Watch here: youtu.be/cLkIYdjl4Bs?si…

In recognition and appreciation of the critical role #midwives play in the health and well-being of women and newborns, we asked 4 outstanding examples in Nigeria to share their motivations, challenges and hopes for the future. #IDM2024

World Bank Health International Confederation of Midwives

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READ: GFF Newsletter
• Interview w/ youth advocate Tjedu Moyo
• Celebrating #IDM2024 w/ midwives from Nigeria
• Efforts to end cervical cancer in Africa #HumanlyPossible
• Malawi: Impacts of Cyclone Freddy on women + girls
• Highlights: #WBGMeetings

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🌀 After big disasters, people often have to improvise. This picture shows how people in Malawi hung up laundry on destroyed power lines after cyclone Freddy.

🇲🇼 Especially girls and women have suffered from the aftermath, as Christina Chilimba reports 👉 spkl.io/601942oFh

Can strong public financial management break down barriers to improving health for women, children & adolescents?

GFF and World Bank experts in health + financing say yes—and explore four key principles.

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19 African leaders unveil bold transformation agenda at IDA - World Bank Africa Heads of State Summit, backed by powerful new coalition. wrld.bg/y9Lc50RqI7c #IDA21 #IDAworks

#WorldImmunizationWeek -We are spotlighting cervical cancer which results from an infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and is a preventable disease. It continues to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of women each year,let's educate girls about #VaccinesWork

After more than a year of analysis and data curation, our data portal with all publicly available data on PHC finally is live! Check it out! Congratulations to the ⁦PHCPI - Stronger With PHC (Archive)⁩ team at ⁦World Bank Health⁩ and the ⁦The GFF⁩ on this Data Hub! data.gffportal.org/key-theme/phc-…

#WorldImmunizationWeek : Cervical cancer claims too many lives each year.

Africa bears most of the burden.

#HPV vaccination + screening + treatment = #humanlypossible to end this disease.

World Bank Health World Bank Africa World Health Organization (WHO) Gates Health PAHO/WHO Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance UNICEF Health USAID Global Health

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Key lesson from #CAM2030 : Reliable data is the foundation of effective health interventions.

#GlobalHealth #investinhealth