Twitter Messaging and Sample Tweets
These messages can be used to highlight various aspects of UNGA Week. Please adapt as needed.
General
- #MDG456Live themes: continuing to reduce infant mortality, maternal mortality, and HIV in the #post2015 agenda
- While we celebrate the success of the MDGs, we need to ensure child & maternal health are at the heart of the post-2015 agenda #MDG456Live
MDG4:
- In 1990, 12.6m children under 5 died. In 2012, 6.6m. But that’s still 6.6m too many! uni.cf/APR2013 #Promise4Children #MDG456Live
- Since 1990, world has saved an estimated 90m children under 5. That’s more than pop of Germany! #Promise4Children #MDG456Live
- 1st month of a baby’s life is amazing but precarious time. Almost half of under-5 deaths occur then uni.cf/APR2013 #MDG456Live
- Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the age of 5 as those from wealthier families. #MDG456Live
- Education saves new mothers’ lives. Risk of maternal death 2.7X higher among women with no education vs women with >12yrs #MDG456Live
- Healthy children are more likely to live longer, stay in school, earn more & be productive members of society #MDG456Live
- If we don’t pick up progress on reducing preventable child deaths, 35m children will die b/t 2015-2028 #Promise4Children #MDG456Live
MDG5:
- Investing in #women could return $15billion in #productivity now lost to #maternal & #newborn death. #MDG456Live
- 222 million #women wanting to avoid #pregnancy don’t use an effective method of #contraception. #MDG456Live
- If #women can’t plan their fertility, they can’t plan their futures. #MDG456Live
- Investing in women is not just the right thing to do; it’s the smart thing to do. #MDG456Live
- #Women deliver social & economic benefits to their families, communities & nations. #MDG456Live
- Investing in #women can prevent 70% of maternal deaths and 44% of newborn deaths. #MDG456Live
- Investing in #women would improve #publichealth for all by developing strong, accessible health systems. #MDG456Live
- Investing in #women would empower #girls & #women w/ greater opportunity for #education & #employment. #MDG456Live
MDG6:
- New HIV infections continue to decline in most regions. #MDG456Live
- More people are living with HIV due to fewer AIDS-related deaths and the large # of new infections, 2.5 million, every year. #MDG456Live
- Comprehensive knowledge of HIV transmission remains low among young people, along with condom use. #MDG456Live
- More orphaned children are now in school due to expanded efforts to mitigate the impact of AIDS. #MDG456Live
- While the target was missed in 2011, access to treatment for people living with HIV increased in all regions. #MDG456Live
- At the end of 2011, 8 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV, an increase of over 1.4 million in a year. #MDG456Live
- By the end of 2011, 11 countries had achieved universal access to antiretroviral therapy. #MDG456Live
