Protectingmaternal,newbornandchildhealthfromtheimpactsofclimatechangeAcallforactionCoverphoto©UNICEF/AsadZaidiBakhtawar,amotheroffourchildren,sitsnexttofloodwater,afterfleeingtheirflood-hithome.SheandherfamilyhavetakenrefugeontheroadsideinJacobabaddistrict,SindhProvince,Pakistan.>>Climatechangeisoneofthegravestthreatsfacinghumanity.Pregnantwomen,newbornsandchildrenfacedistinctrisksfromclimatechange-relatedhealthimpacts,duetoahostofphysiological,clinical,socialandbehaviouralfactors.>>Climatechangeisagrowingthreattomaternal,newbornandchildhealththatcannolongerbeignored.Withprogressstallingonmanyfronts,immediateactionisneededtomeettheSustainableDevelopmentGoals,withafocusonwomen,newbornsandchildren.>>Hard-wonadvancesofthepastdecadesformaternal,newbornandchildsurvivalandwell-beingmustbeprotectedtoensuretherighttohealthforall.©WHO/BillyMiaronWomenfromatemporarycampinModeka,Kenya,fetchdrinkingwaterfromamakeshifttrough.Mostpeopleinthecamphavebeenhithardbytheongoingdroughtintheregion.Theterm“women”isusedtorefertoallthosewhoidentifyaswomenregardlessofsexassignedatbirthbutrecognizesthatthereareothergender-diverseindividualswhodonotidentifyaswomenbutwhohavereproduc-tivecapacity.Theintentionisnottoexcludetheirexperiencesbutreflectsthecurrentlackofdataidentifying,and/orreflectingthespecificexperiencesof,gender-diverse...
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