Thread by @WHO

A future for the world's children - report launch with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/cR0uCDI2MTAy…

@DrTedros "As this report shows, we’ve seen real progress in improving child health, but we also face serious challenges.

Around 8 million more children & adolescents are surviving than they were 30 years ago"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @TheLancet @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @WHOWPRO "Close to 9 in 10 children born today receive vaccines that protect them against some leading childhood killers"-@DrTedros #VaccinesWork

@DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @TheLancet @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @WHOWPRO "Babies are about 20% more likely to be delivered with the assistance of a nurse or midwife than they were in 2000, vastly increasing their chance of surviving those critical first days"-@DrTedros #SupportNursesAndMidwives

@DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @TheLancet @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @WHOWPRO "But this rosy picture masks shocking inequalities & injustice.

I have just returned from #DRC, where the ongoing #measles outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 6000 people, most of them young children, who missed out on affordable, lifesaving vaccines"-@DrTedros