Parliaments lead the change for women's, children's and adolescents' health: what have we learnt?

Affiliations

¹ The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland tourek@who.int.
² Inter-Parliamentary Union, Le Grand-Saconnex, GE, Switzerland.
³ Rachael Hinton Editing (RHEdit), GENEVA, Switzerland.
⁴ International youth health organization, Quito, Ecuador.
⁵ University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
⁶ Living Goods, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Fondation Botnar, Basel, Switzerland.

Kadidiatou Toure et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;6(2):e003615.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003615.

¹ The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland tourek@who.int.
² Inter-Parliamentary Union, Le Grand-Saconnex, GE, Switzerland.
³ Rachael Hinton Editing (RHEdit), GENEVA, Switzerland.
⁴ International youth health organization, Quito, Ecuador.
⁵ University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
⁶ Living Goods, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Fondation Botnar, Basel, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: child health; health policy; maternal health; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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