World Health Day 2025: Accelerating reduction of Maternal and Newborn Mortality in the Americas Region

When: Monday, 7 April 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Washington DC or EDT)
Languages: Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French

World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and to prioritize women’s longer-term health and well-being. Join the Pan American Health Organization to celebrate the World Health Day with the webinar "Accelerating reduction of Maternal and Newborn Mortality in the Americas Region".

Objectives

To celebrate World Health Day 2025, galvanizing momentum with the political leaders and the health community to improve maternal and newborn survival, in line with PAHO’s Call to Action 2024.
To report on new estimates for Maternal and Neonatal Mortality being published by the Interagency Group, in a post COVID-19 pandemic context.
To strengthen collaboration across sectors, integrating efforts from the health system, education, social development, and the community to generate a sustainable impact on the health of women, newborns, and their families.

Audience

•    Ministries of Health of the region of the Americas
•    Policy, donor and health sector audiences to reprioritize maternal & newborn health;
•    Civil society to demand urgent action to accelerate progress and improve survival;
•    Women’s organizations to feel heard and supported to speak up and get help when needed;
•    Support networks – families, communities, friends - to lean in and support mums especially in pregnancy and the immediate period after birth.