On July 3, in Santiago, Chile, political leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean came together with a single objective: to address the main health challenges faced by women, children and adolescents in the region, in adherence to The Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) by 2030.

Under the motto "All Women, All Children," the meeting convened by the United Nations (UN) called on countries to join the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016- 2030, whose general objectives are a) Survive. Put an end to preventable mortality; B) Thriving. Achieve health and well-being and c) Transform. Expand the enabling environments.

Mexico was represented by the Minister of Health, Jose Narro Robles, who, together with leaders from Ecuador, Nicaragua, Chile, Jamaica, Colombia and Canada shared successful regional experiences of the objectives of the Global Strategy. In the case of Mexico, Narro Robles approached the Prosper objective.

During his presentation, Secretary Narro showed significant progress in strengthening and innovating the health of children, women and adolescents. Some of them are:

In the infant population, there has been an improvement in neonatal (-38%), infant (-40%) and under-5 (-40%) and disease coverage rates between 2000 and 2015 of catastrophic cost for all children under 5 years without social security.

The group of adolescents has strengthened the insurance of middle and upper-level students, with 6.6 million students affiliated to May 2017. The National Strategy for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy has also been launched. Seeks to reduce the fertility rate of adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age by 50% and to eradicate pregnancies in girls aged 14 and under. As part of this strategy, Adolescent Friendly Services has been promoted, with 1,653 centers throughout the country.

On the other hand, since 2004 the Fund against Catastrophic Expenses protects women diagnosed with breast cancer and, as of March 2016, also with epithelial ovarian cancer.

At the Palacio de la Moneda in the Chilean capital, Secretary Narro reiterated the priority given by the Mexican Government to comprehensive public policies on maternal and child health.

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