May 2016
Dr Flavia Bustreo
Assistant Director-General
Family, Women’s and Children’s Health, WHO
Geneva
Switzerland
Dr Geeta Rao Gupta
Deputy Executive Director
UNICEF
New York
USA
Presentation outline
 Providing the content
– Global Strategy
 Supporting implementation
– Operational Framework
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What’s new in the
Global Strategy 2016-2030
 Equity
Focus on reaching the most vulnerable
and leaving no one behind
 Universality
For all countries, with an explicit focus on humanitarian settings
 Adolescents
The “SDG generation” – a 10 year old in 2016 will be 24 in 2030
 Life-course approach
Health and well-being interconnected at every age, and across
generations
 Multisector approach
Joint progress across core sectors e.g. nutrition, education, WASH
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Vision
By 2030, a world in which every
woman, child and adolescent in
every setting realizes their rights
to physical and mental health
and well-being, has social and
economic opportunities, and is
able to participate fully in
shaping sustainable and
prosperous societies
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Objectives
1. SURVIVE
End preventable deaths
2. THRIVE
Ensure health and well-being
3. TRANSFORM
Expand enabling environments
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High returns on investments in women’s,
children’s and adolescents’ health
 An end to preventable maternal, stillbirths,
newborn and child and adolescent deaths
 10-fold return on investments in social and
economic benefits resulting from better health
 US$ 100 billion demographic dividend from early
childhood development and adolescent health,
skills and opportunities
 A "grand convergence” in health equity –
an equal chance to survive and thrive
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Every Woman Every Child architecture
High Level
Advisory Group
Every Woman Every Child
UN Secretary-General
Countries are the lead drivers to
implement unique national plans.
Three pillars to support
country-led implementation:
i. Technical support: H6
Country
Leadership
ii. Financing: Global Financing
Facility and others
iii. Accountability: Unified
Accountability Framework
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Operational Framework
 Why?
– Supports implementation of the Global Strategy
– Provides technical resources for countries on how to translate
SDG targets and Global Strategy action areas into existing and
new country-led plans for implementation
 Who for?
– National governments
– Civil society, private sector, development partners
– Clarify roles of global and regional actors
Available at
WWW.EVERYWOMANEVERYCHILD.ORG
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Ingredients for Action in Operational Framework
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Content of Operational Framework
 “Ingredients for action” aligned to Global Strategy action areas
 Country case studies
 Links to tools and resources
 Role of private sector, civil society, global and regional partners
Operational Framework
is available on
WWW.EVERYWOMANEVERYCHILD.ORG
(with links to resources)
and translations are pending
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Thank you