The theme for World Health Day 2025 is “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” highlighting the hardships faced by new mothers and their children in medical poverty. The campaign encourages governments and the medical community to prioritize mothers’ and children’s health and seek solutions to the global maternal mortality crisis.
The Ken Brock Memorial Project at St Edwards School in Awendo, Kenya, opened at the beginning of March. For the young people at the school and their neighbours, safe water access has transformed their world.
If we want to accelerate change for women and girls, we need to start by ensuring that women in the developing world have the tools and resources to empower themselves and their daughters.