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Rajat Khosla

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Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. World Health Organisation. pmnch.who.int

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A 16:1 return on investment should be hard to ignore. Yet midwifery remains underfunded, despite evidence that trained, supported & fairly paid midwives can save mothers, newborns & health systems. @internationalmidwives.org @seedglobalhealth.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social @khosla.bsky.social
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Midwives: The High Return Investment That’s Not Being Made - Health Policy Watch
When a young mother in Mtendere, Lusaka, began bleeding heavily hours after delivering her baby, her life was in grave danger. Three midwives assessed her
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Midwives: The High Return Investment That’s Not Being Made healthpolicy-watch.news/midwives-the...
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Midwives: The High Return Investment That’s Not Being Made - Health Policy Watch
When a young mother in Mtendere, Lusaka, began bleeding heavily hours after delivering her baby, her life was in grave danger. Three midwives assessed her
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 15/06/2026
On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️ @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social President of #Brazil Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus DG of @who.int
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Protecting Health in Times of Financial Shock Do watch this episode with Kalipso Chalkidou and Justice Nonvigon as they unpack framing health financing as an economic, political and equity imperative, and how we can move forward in an uncertain environment. @pmnch.bsky.social youtu.be/PtZvLBoMugg
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[Episode 6] PMNCH Touchpoint - Funding Futures: Protecting Health in Times of Financial Shock
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
El mundo no puede permitirse fallar a mujeres, niños y adolescentes www.eldiario.es/129_c9d2a6?u...
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El mundo no puede permitirse fallar a mujeres, niños y adolescentes
La verdadera medida del progreso global no se encuentra en los mercados financieros ni en las declaraciones de las cumbres internacionales. Se encuentra en si una mujer sobrevive al embarazo y al part...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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PMNCH appoints Monica Geingos as Board Chair to champion a new era of leadership for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Former First Lady of Namibia, lawyer, entrepreneur and global advocate Monica Geingos to lead the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being at a pivotal m...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Centering Women, Children, and Adolescents in Global Health Reform. @thinkglobalhealth.org @pmnch.bsky.social   www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/cent...
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Centering Women, Children, and Adolescents in Global Health Reform  | Think Global Health
In an era of fiscal pressure, omission does not produce neutrality; it can produce retrenchment by default
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Daniel D. Reidpath @dreidpath.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Wealthy countries doing even less for the worse-off in times of hardship is exactly the equity failure that Sofia Gruskin, Arek Dakessian, Rajat Khosla, and Pascale Allotey foresaw. It really doesn't have to be this way. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Cuts to overseas aid will worsen shocks to global economy, David Miliband says
Exclusive: Former UK foreign secretary says poor and rich countries alike will be hit amid humanitarian crisis sparked by Iran war
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Catherine Kyobutungi @ckyobutungi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
2026 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 📢📢📢 54 Paid Internships ✅Deadline: 13th April 2026 ✅Two step application process ✅️Hybrid format ✅️No DM please 🙏🙏 aphrc.org/career/2026-... More details on the @aphrc.bsky.social Careers page #IkoKaziKE
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2026 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES - APHRC
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and deve...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
115 years of International Women's Day — and progress for women's rights was never as secure as we believed. @helenclarknz.bsky.social & I discuss what it'll take to protect hard-won gains in 2026 👇 @pmnch.bsky.social www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/07/03/2...
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International Women’s Day at 115: A Moment of Reflection
Helen Clark and Rajat Khosla use International Women's Day to ask deeper questions about the structures and opportunities that shape our societies. One hundred and fifteen years after the first Intern...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The #IWD2026 theme is rallying, but rights & justice cannot be taken for granted. Rights are not self-executing. Justice is not self-sustaining. With gender justice under threat, all of us fighting for health equity & gender equality must act collectively, with discipline & resolve. Pls share:
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When the rules are rewritten, strengthen the coalition for gender justice
In April, 2025, we contributed, with many international colleagues, to the report of the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health, “Achieving gender justice for global health equity”1—the result ...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
115 years of International Women's Day — and progress for women's rights was never as secure as we believed. @helenclarknz.bsky.social & I discuss what it'll take to protect hard-won gains in 2026 👇 @pmnch.bsky.social www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/07/03/2...
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International Women’s Day at 115: A Moment of Reflection
Helen Clark and Rajat Khosla use International Women's Day to ask deeper questions about the structures and opportunities that shape our societies. One hundred and fifteen years after the first Intern...
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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Check out this week's IHP news 869: American Psycho times, Gates/Epstein & International Women’s Day www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations & AI summary)
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Two things are being overlooked in the #EpsteinFiles The complicity of doctors The extent of violence My new piece @bmj.com #IWD #Epstein #Healthwashing #VAW
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Doctors were complicit in Epstein’s abuse—survivors must now be our priority
A spectacle around Jeffrey Epstein’s depravity is overshadowing rights and justice for the survivors of the sex offender and his network, which included doctors, writes Jocalyn Clark The theme for I...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Africa’s future depends on investing in women, children, adolescents @africanunion.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social @devex.com @unfpa.org www.devex.com/news/africa-...
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Africa’s future depends on investing in women, children, adolescents
Opinion: At this week’s AU Summit, Africa faces a choice: Continue with preventable maternal and child deaths and structural barriers to women’s and girls’ well-being, or make the investments needed t...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Africa’s future depends on investing in women, children, adolescents @africanunion.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social @devex.com @unfpa.org www.devex.com/news/africa-...
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Africa’s future depends on investing in women, children, adolescents
Opinion: At this week’s AU Summit, Africa faces a choice: Continue with preventable maternal and child deaths and structural barriers to women’s and girls’ well-being, or make the investments needed t...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health in 2026: From Crisis Management to System Correction www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/09/02/2...
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Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health in 2026: From Crisis Management to System Correction
Rajat Khosla lays out six priorities to move women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health from resilience to reform in 2026.
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PMNCH @pmnch.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
PMNCH Executive Director @khosla.bsky.social announces PMNCH Cross-constituency Working Group on WCAH in Crisis and Climate Contexts. Read the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rajat-...
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Via Global Policy: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/09/02/2...
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Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health in 2026: From Crisis Management to System Correction
Rajat Khosla lays out six priorities to move women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health from resilience to reform in 2026.
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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Decisive Meeting at WHO Silent on U.S. Withdrawal, Debates Governance Reforms, Buys Uneasy Peace on Cultural Wars genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/decisive-m...
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Decisive Meeting at WHO Silent on U.S. Withdrawal, Debates Governance Reforms, Buys Uneasy Peace on Cultural Wars
Newsletter Edition #330 [The Files In-Depth]
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
👉 @pmnch.bsky.social Statement on expanded #GlobalGagRule pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
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PMNCH expresses deep concern regarding the United States Government’s announcement on 23 January 2026 to expand the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule.
PMNCH has raised serious concerns over the expansion of the Mexico City Policy, announced by the United States Government on January 23, 2026. Evidence shows such restrictions undermine access to esse...
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UNs Special Programme in Human Reproduction @hrpresearch.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Your voice matters. 🗣️ WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience. Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered. More info: bit.ly/4pETNII #SRHR #healthforall
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UNs Special Programme in Human Reproduction @hrpresearch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨#SRHR misinformation online isn’t just misleading, it’s a human rights issue. It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5 #SRHR #healthforall
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WHO @who.int · 12/01/2026
Each year, a billion children globally are estimated to suffer some form of violence, such as ✋ physical or emotional abuse ✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment) ✋ bullying ✋ sexual violence ✋ online violence Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
Illustration showing a child silhouette in the centre, surrounded by purple circles labelled physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, corporal punishment, bullying, and online violence. Text reads: “Violence against children takes multiple forms,” with the WHO logo in the top right.
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International Gender Champions @intgenderchampions.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Rajat Khosla, Executive Director of Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)! Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty #Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought @khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️ www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
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Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
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Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · 19/12/2025
Recently, African Union delegates met in Johannesburg, South Africa, and converged on a shared vision: to elevate health financing as a core element of fiscal and economic policy. www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/a…
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Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
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Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
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Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Check out this week's IHP news 858: The coin is increasingly melting www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with AI summary, and translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese). #UHCday
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues Global health stands at a crossroads. The del...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 10/12/2025
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political. Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A demonstration of condoms in a school
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues Global health stands at a crossroads. The del...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨 Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs! Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🧵 1/ Public health is under siege. Populism, disinformation & weakened global institutions threaten trust in science. Here’s how we fight back using the tools of diplomacy. Our new paper, with @charlottemar.bsky.social and colleagues from Europe & US, is just out in Public Health Reviews
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Happy International Day of People with Disabilities!
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji It's not too late to register.....link below!
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today and everyday let’s commit to end violence against women. In @pmnch.bsky.social Touchpoint Avni Amin, Ana Flavia D’Olivera and Kadi Toure discuss the global burden of #VAW and urgent actions needed. #16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
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[Episode 5] PMNCH Touchpoint - Violence Against Women: Counting the Cost, Calling for Change
YouTube video by PMNCH
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UNs Special Programme in Human Reproduction @hrpresearch.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
High blood sugar during pregnancy affects nearly 1 in 6 pregnancies worldwide. The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike. 🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
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NPR @npr.org · 21/11/2025
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men. n.pr/48ne93H
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Transportation Department endorses crash test dummy that more closely resembles women
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men.
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Harvard Global Health Institute @harvardgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships. 📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
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Women Toiling in India’s Insufferable Heat Face Mounting Toll on Health
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health" @pmnch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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UNs Special Programme in Human Reproduction @hrpresearch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 Data show that #VAWG remains a global public health crisis 📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence bit.ly/4pdDNxn
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health" @pmnch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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Sarah Hyde @sarahehyde.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
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Snap survey conducted by PMNCH reveals global funding crisis threatening health and rights programs for women, children, and adolescents.
Geneva, 20 October 2025 - A new global survey by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has revealed alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect and prom...
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WHO @who.int · 13/11/2025
Today is Health Day at #COP30! When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to: 🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases 🏥 Strengthen health systems 👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ
A colourful graphic with a textured pink, orange and green background. At the top right is the World Health Organization logo. In the centre, white text reads: “Healthy people mean a healthy planet.” Below it, a black box with green text says: “Watch the Health Day event live from COP 30.”
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development. Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...
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En Afrique, la santé des femmes et des enfants ne doit pas être l’angle mort du développement
Financement, contraception, formation doivent devenir les piliers indispensables de la bonne gestion de la dynamique démographique de l’Afrique qui accueillera deux naissances sur cinq d’ici 2050. Sin...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development. Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...
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En Afrique, la santé des femmes et des enfants ne doit pas être l’angle mort du développement
Financement, contraception, formation doivent devenir les piliers indispensables de la bonne gestion de la dynamique démographique de l’Afrique qui accueillera deux naissances sur cinq d’ici 2050. Sin...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Global survey by @pmnch.bsky.social reveals alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. Sudden halting of programs has had deep consequences for communities @helenclarknz.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
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Snap survey conducted by PMNCH reveals global funding crisis threatening health and rights programs for women, children, and adolescents.
Geneva, 20 October 2025 - A new global survey by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has revealed alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect and prom...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Global survey by @pmnch.bsky.social reveals alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. Sudden halting of programs has had deep consequences for communities @helenclarknz.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
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Snap survey conducted by PMNCH reveals global funding crisis threatening health and rights programs for women, children, and adolescents.
Geneva, 20 October 2025 - A new global survey by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has revealed alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect and prom...
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