High-level virtual event to raise awareness and end preventable stillbirths.

On Wednesday 4th November, The Stillbirth CRE will be launching the new IMPROVE eLearning module – an online training package designed to support healthcare professionals responding to women and families who have experienced stillbirth, conduct perinatal autopsy and mortality reviews, and communicate with bereaved parents.

Preterm birth is one of the leading causes of child deaths under age five. World Prematurity Day is commemorated on 17 November to address the challenge of prematurity and the care needed to save babies' lives.

With only 10 years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is an urgent need to accelerate progress toward improved maternal, perinatal and newborn outcomes and ensure women and newborns survive and thrive. In response to this need, the launch of a new initiative: AlignMNH: Collective Action for Maternal Newborn Health. AlignMNH will nurture a culture of information sharing and priority actions behind which the MNH community can align in the drive toward achieving the SDGs.

World Children's Day is commemorated each year to promote international togetherness, children's rights, and more. This day also celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The 2020 theme has yet to be announced.

Human Rights Day celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Last year, the theme, "Youth Standing Up For Human Rights," celebrated youth and their engagement standing up against racism, hate speech, bullying, discrimination, and climate change.

Building on the success of Lives in the Balance: A COVID-19 Summit for the Health and Well-Being of Women, Children and Adolescents (1-2 July 2020), PMNCH, CORE Group and UHC2030 will reconvene partners across the globe for a virtual summit to take stock of how COVID-19 is impacting the progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) commitments.