WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and PMNCH are conducting an evidence review on what it will take to safeguard and advance the health and well-being of women, newborns, children and adolescents post 2030 and invite you to help answer that question. We are seeking priority topics for technical analyses – and recommendations of the experts, institutions or partnerships best placed to take them forward. Your input will help shape a shared evidence base for future global discussions and action.
Share a priority topic (deadline: 18 October 2026)
Why your voice matters
The world has made important gains in the health and well-being of women, newborns, children and adolescents. Yet progress has stalled in many areas, and key commitments on mortality and morbidity remain unfulfilled. As 2030 approaches, we face both an urgent unfinished agenda and an increasingly fragmented global geopolitical landscape.
Over the next two years, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and PMNCH will bring together a broad programme of analytical work on the challenges and opportunities that will define the post-2030 period. Drawing on lessons from previous strategies, it will examine the megatrends, emerging risks and new possibilities shaping health and well-being. This work will help ensure that future discussions are anchored in robust evidence and that the health and well-being of these populations remain a global priority.
Read more in a Comment in The Lancet: Advancing women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health in the post-2030 era
What priorities should we examine?
We welcome priority topics from across the full spectrum of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being, including sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
We are particularly interested in topics that:
- identify emerging issues, future risks and opportunities;
- address critical evidence, policy or implementation gaps;
- bring cross-cutting or life-course perspectives to the social, economic, environmental, nutritional, legal, political or commercial determinants of health; or
- explore essential health-system enablers, including primary health care, the health workforce, financing, supply systems and digital transformation.
What could the analysis involve?
Suggested approaches may include evidence reviews and analytical syntheses; modelling and scenario analyses; situational or gap analyses; country case studies; implementation learning and operational research; assessments of successful policy implementation; and future monitoring and accountability frameworks.
We welcome ideas that deepen understanding, challenge assumptions and point to practical, evidence-informed options.
Who can contribute?
We welcome input from governments, academia, civil society, professional associations, youth networks and other stakeholders. Consultation will continue throughout the analytical process, including opportunities to help identify contributors and review draft analyses.
How to take part?
Complete this online form by 18 October 2026. You will be asked to provide:
- the proposed topic and its primary thematic focus;
- a short justification and an indicative outline of the proposed analysis;
- the names of potential lead contributors, institutions or consortium partners; and
- basic information about the person making the submission.
Please note: You can make multiple suggestions. Submitting a priority topic does not guarantee that it will be commissioned or that a proposed contributor will be selected. All submissions will be considered by a multi-agency Technical Working Group as part of the broader preparatory process.
Questions?
Please contact Dr Per Ashorn at ashornp@who.int