On 19 December 2023 the Ministry of Health and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop supported by PMNCH to disseminate the action plan on accelerating the country’s commitments to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. Ethiopia previously announced it commitment to ensuring the ‘three zeros’; - zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal mortality, and zero Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and harmful practices. In 2023 the Ministry of Health commissioned a review of its progress in implementing the commitment, resulting in the action plan to accelerate progress. More than 40 Participants from government, civil society, private sector, research and academic, health associations and donor constituencies participated in this workshop to disseminate the action plan.Introductory remarks by CHAI Country Director, Dr Rahel Belete, Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA
Flavia Bustreo (l) and Sue Mbaya (r) from PMNCH, with Martin Chungong (c) of Inter-Parliamentary Union.The World health body stated this when Senior officials of PMNCH hosted by WHO met with President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Luanda, Angola.PMNCH is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being, with over 1,400 partner organizations working together through 10 constituency groups: partner governments, donors and foundations, NGOs, adolescent and youth groups, private sector organizations, health professional associations, academic and research institutions, global financing mechanisms, inter-governmental organizations, and UN agencies. The PMNCH Team led by Dr Flavia Bustreo, a leading physician, public health professional and advocate for the health and human rights of women, children, adolescents and the elderly said they envision a world in which ev