Every year, across all G20 countries, nearly two million preventable deaths occur among mothers, newborns, children, and adolescents—including stillbirths. Through an opinion piece published in the BMJ , Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa & Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Board Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), a global alliance, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlight, why investing in women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health is critical to sustainable economic growth globally.
In recent years, the key drivers of these negative outcomes have included the “four Cs”: covid-19, conflict, climate change, and the cost-of-living crisis. These factors have combined to inflict immense damage on the health and wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents. (ANI)
