This document describes the updated United Nation’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, 2016-2030. The Global Strategy is to be a roadmap to end all preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and improve their health.
This document describes the updated United Nation’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health 2016-2030. This strategy was launched on 26 September, 2015 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during a high level
Every Woman Every Child event. This strategy updates the
2010 Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health and builds on momentum achieved over the past five years. The updated Global Strategy is to be a roadmap to end all preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and improve their health. The overarching objectives are:
- Survive: end preventable deaths
- Thrive: ensure health and well-being
- Transform: expand enabling environments
Targets to be achieved by 2030 are outlined under each objective. These targets align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and build on globally agreed goals and targets of specific strategies and action plans, many of which have been endorsed by World Health Assembly Member States in recent years. The document outlines the large returns on health that can be achieved by implementing the Global Strategy with increased and sustained funding:
- An end to preventable maternal, newborn, child and adolescent deaths and stillbirths
- At least a 10-fold return on investments through better educational attainments, workforce participation and social contributions
- At least US$100 billion in demographic dividends from investments in early childhood and adolescent health and development
- A “grand convergence” in health, giving all women, children and adolescents an equal chance to survive and thrive
The updated Global Strategy is broader, more ambitious, and more focused on equity than its precursor. The document outlines nine interconnected and interdependent areas of focus: country leadership; financing for health; health systems resilience; individual potential; community engagement; multisector action; humanitarian and fragile settings; research and innovation; and accountability. The
Every Woman Every Child movement will support implementation of the Global Strategy. The key financing platform for the strategy is the
Global Financing Facility, which was launched in July 2015. A coordinated, multistakeholder accountability framework based on existing mechanisms and an Independent Accountability Panel will promote unified reporting and independent review. This document highlights the critical role we all have in improving the health of the world’s women, adolescents, and children. Many governments, international organizations, the private sector, civil society, and academic institutions have
already pledged their support. The Global Strategy urges all stakeholders to make new, ambitious, and concrete commitments to achieve the objectives. To download a two-page brochure outlining the key elements, click
here. To download the full report, click
here. Every Woman Every Child. (2015). The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030). New York: Every Woman Every Child.
Every Woman Every Child. (2015). The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030). New York: Every Woman Every Child.
