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About PMNCH

Established in 2005, PMNCH is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being, with +1,300 partner organizations working together through 10 constituency groups: partner governments, donors and foundations, NGOs, adolescent and youth groups, private sector organizations, health professional associations, academic and research institutions, global financing mechanisms, inter-governmental organizations, and UN agencies. PMNCH is hosted by the World Health Organization, based in Geneva.

Vision is a world in which every woman, child and adolescent is able to realize their right to health and well-being, leaving no one behind.

Mission is to mobilize, align and amplify the voices of partners to advocate for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being, particularly the most vulnerable.

Our work

PMNCH’s role is to contribute to further worldwide progress for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being. To achieve this, PMNCH’s work has three focus areas: maternal, newborn and child health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and adolescent health and well-being. The challenges in all these areas are now exacerbated by the health and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose full implications for health outcomes and rights are not yet known. However, there is no doubt that equitable and high-quality health services and systems matter more today than ever before.

Focus areas

With advocacy as PMNCH’s core function – supported by knowledge synthesis, partner engagement, campaigns and outreach – PMNCH mobilizes and resources its partners to seek changes in policy, financing and services for women, children and adolescents, and to hold each other accountable for delivering on our promises.
PMNCH’s work concentrates on three areas: maternal, newborn and child health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and adolescent health and well-being, to cover the continuum of care, addressing different levels of health services throughout the life course, and spanning all life phases. They also extend beyond the health sector to address the broader determinants of health.
Maternal, newborn and child health (including stillbirths)

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Adolescent health and well-being

Advocacy

With advocacy as its core function, supported by knowledge synthesis, partner engagement, campaigns and digital communications, PMNCH mobilizes and resources its partners to achieve changes in policy, financing and services, and we hold each other accountable for delivering on our promises. As well as working in the health sector, PMNCH advocates for contributions of other sectors relating to major determinants of health for women, children and adolescents, including education; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); and economic development.

Constituencies

The Partnership has a broad membership, bringing together more than 1200 members in 10 constituencies. This structure facilitates communication and the management of members’ interactions with the Partnership, enabling them to work together to advance sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.

 

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