©WHO/Neil Nuia.
Lottie and her newborn baby at the postnatal ward in
the National Referral Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands in July 2022.
In 2023, during the first IMNHC, 29 countries committed to accelerate progress for maternal and newborn deaths and reduce stillbirth. More countries have joined them since to meet the EWENE targets, and bend the curve for maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirth.
Three years on, at IMNHC2026, 37 of these countries that have developed an EWENE Acceleration plan will gather for EWENE Day, on 27 March, together with professional associations, donors and UN agencies, and take stock of their progress. They will:
Bangladesh
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guatemala
Haiti
India
Kenya
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Uganda
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Event | Time | Partner(s) |
Midwifery Accelerator Symposium: Expanding quality care for Women and their Newborns. Read more & register | 7:45 – 14:15 | UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, ICM, Jhpiego |
Accelerating efforts for improving maternal and newborn health data quality and use: learning from countries and sharing a common vision towards 2030. Read more | 8:00-10:30 | WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA |
Every Woman, Every Newborn, Everywhere: Unlocking Access to Quality Maternal and Newborn Health Products. Read more | 8:30-14:30 | WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNITAID |
Scaling locally-led data innovations in routine health information systems for maternal and newborn health to drive faster progress from individual level to national and beyond. Read more | 11:00-.12:30 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Governments, WHO |
Event | Time | Partner(s) |
Maternal Newborn Stillbirth Programmatic Transition Framework: an integrated approach for priority-setting to accelerate reducing preventable mortality. Read more | 09:45 – 13:00 | WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, Exemplars in Global Health, Global Financing Facility, Governments |
Voices for change: elevating stillbirths on the maternal and newborn health agenda. Read more | 09:45 – 13:00 | Africa CDC, PMNCH, WHO, International Stillbirth Alliance |
From Evidence to Financing: Innovative Approaches to Accelerate Access to Maternal and Newborn Health Commodities. Read more | 09:45 – 13:00 | Gates Foundation |
WHO-led workshop on newborn screening, diagnosis and management of congenital disorders in LMICs. Read more | 9:45-13:00 | WHO |
Strengthening adolescent and maternal health: evidence, implementation, and innovation in nutrition. Read more | 14:00-17:15 | Anaemia Action Alliance |
Extreme heat and MNCH: moving forward with priority programme and financing actions. Read more | 14:00-17:15 | WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, with PMNCH, HIGH Horizon, the European Union, UKRI |
Accelerating Progress: From Evidence and Innovation to Action. Read more | 14:00-17:15 | Gates Foundation |
Stuck in the slow lane: How to speed access to essential new and underused MNH commodities. Read more | 14.00 – 17.15 | Team Europe, UNFPA, Unitaid, MSD for Mothers |
Event | Time | Partner(s) |
Key findings from EWENE 2026 Progress Report
| 8:30-9:30 | UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA |
EWENE tracking tool data |
| UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA |
Event | Time | Partner(s) |
Voices for Change: Ensuring more Responsive Maternal and Newborn Health Programming by Elevating Parents’ and Frontline Health Workers’ Experiences of Baby Loss. Read more | 11:00 -12:00 | International Stillbirth Alliance |
Share Fair – From guidelines to practice: WHO bleeding after birth training materials. Read more | 14:30-15:45 | Jhpiego, Laerdal, WHO |
Measuring better for maternal and newborn health and stillbirths: status and future innovations. Read more | 14:30-15:45 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UNICEF, WHO |
Improving maternal health outcomes through WHO evidence-based tools and strategies. Read more | 16:15-17:30 | WHO |
A framework for investing in midwifery: resource needs and benefits of care provided by midwives, evidence from three countries. Read more | 16:15-17:30 | UNFPA, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt, Ministry of Health, Zambia, Global Fund |
Healthy pregnancies, healthy futures. Read more & register | 17:00-20:00 | Ministry of Health Kenya, UNFPA, World Diabetes Foundation |
Advancing midwifery in humanitarian settings. Register | 18:00-20:00 | UNFPA, Johns Hopkins University |
More events, hosted or co-hosted by UNFPA |
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Event | Time | Partner(s) |
New hybrid educational model will improve small and sick newborn outcomes, but not without you! Read more | 9:00-11:30 | WHO, COINN, Laerdal Global Health |
Ending PPH-related morbidity and mortality: a new global toolkit for implementing the consolidated PPH guidelines. Read more | 12:00-13.00 | WHO, UNFPA, Jhpiego |
Stronger Together: The Role of Professional Associations in Advancing SRMNCH. Read more | 14:00-15:15 | International Confederation of Midwives, FIGO, American Academy of Pediatrics, Council of International Neonatal Nurses |
Optimizing the provision of emergency obstetric and newborn care: experience from 18 countries and implications for the implementation of the revised EmONC levels of care. Read more | 14:00-15:15 | UNFPA, WHO, Ministry of Health, Uganda |
More events, hosted or co-hosted by UNFPA |
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