Category: Child survival
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Spotlight on child survival as Bill Gates salutes REACH Network co-chairs in major event to celebrate 25 years of the Gates Foundation
Nelson Mandela Hall, African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The REACH Network’s Co-chairs, Honourable Minister Muhammad Ali Pate and Professor Samba Sow, were to the fore in a major event held at the African Union on Monday, 2 June 2025. Gathering to celebrate 25 years of progress in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, African health leaders…
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“What made this gathering so powerful was not the speeches, but the solidarity”
A personal reflection on the REACH Network ministerial gathering held during WHA78, by REACH Network Co-chair Professor Samba Sow GENEVA, 21 MAY 2025 #WHA78 At the 78th World Health Assembly, I had the honour of co-hosting a high-level Ministerial Roundtable on child survival with my esteemed REACH Network Co-chair, Honourable Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. It…
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Integrating delivery of child survival interventions identified as key strategy to maximize effectiveness and save more lives
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2025 / APO Group “Global South Health Leaders Unite at World Health Assembly (WHA) to Make Child Survival a Global Priority” Ministers of Health and their representatives from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia gathered on the margins of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) to reaffirm their leadership on child survival…
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“No child should die from a preventable cause” – REACH promotes child survival at the WHA
At the 78th World Health Assembly, the REACH Network had the honour of bringing together Ministers of Health and global partners for a powerful, closed-door roundtable on child survival – hosted by the inspirational Professor Samba Sow and Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. In a world where 5 million children die before their 5th birthday every…
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REACH Network annual meeting leads to historic Abuja Declaration
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African leaders and global health partners commit to saving children’s lives in Africa The Co-chairs of the Resiliency through Azithromycin for Children (REACH) Network, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria, Muhammad Ali Pate and Professor Samba Sow, former Minister of Health of Mali, today formally signed the Abuja Declaration on REACH for…