Health is a human right but what is the role of the private sector to deliver it? Too many families around the world are driven into poverty by medical costs when governments struggle to meet the healthcare needs of their populations. Last week, at the World Health Summit, Save the Children convened a panel of experts from Gavi, GSK, Reach52, Kumwe Hub and the WHO to explore the potential of public-private partnerships to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage and ensuring access for those living in poverty.

The UK faced a recent heatwave and is braced for more to come. As worrying as this is for us, the health implications for children on the frontline of the climate emergency are so much more dire and exacerbated by fragile health systems as well as the recent cuts to overseas development assistance. The UK government must go further and faster to protect children from the devastating impacts of heatwaves and other climate extremes, both at home and abroad.

A fully funded WHO can save an additional 40 million lives over the next 4 years.

For more than a decade our partnership with the Gates Foundation has made real progress in healthcare for children.

The launch of the Civil Society Commission by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in September 2023 was a historic moment.

Mahama II Health Centre has revolutionised maternal and newborn care at Rwanda’s largest refugee camp.

This World Health Day Save the Children announces a new partnership with Sanofi’s Global Health Unit in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate.

A look back at some of the amazing achievements made possible for children every minute, every day, all around the world.

We share why meaningful adolescent engagement is vital to our work - with insights from our programmes in Bolivia, India and Tanzania.

The importance of upholding adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) cannot be overstated.