Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures: A BBMRI-ERIC story for the WHO World Health Day 2025

BBMRI-ERIC and its biobanks facilitate research on women’s and children’s health

It takes a village to raise a child but also a whole research community who develop the best possible medical support for mothers and their children during and after pregnancy.

World Health Day is an initiative by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This year’s topic – “Healthy beginnings, Hopeful Futures” highlights the priority of equity of care and research for mothers and their babies. With the right support, healthy beginnings can grow into hopeful futures.

In this multimedia story, we share with you a collection of examples from the BBMRI-ERIC community that cover the stages on a woman’s journey from getting pregnant to supporting the health of a child throughout their life.

Along the way, you will get to know researchers and biobankers who collaborate towards hopeful futures for newborns and their mothers. This concerns all of us. Even the longest journey starts with the first steps.

Explore the full multimedia story here.

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This story was made possible thanks to the BBMRI-ERIC community, in particular staff at: BBMRI.ee, BBMRI.de, University Hospital Augsburg and Augsburg Central Biobank, University Clinic Freiburg, BBMRI.es, BBMRI.nl, UMCG / University of Groningen, BBMRI.se, Karolinska University Hospital and The HQ Outreach and Communications team.

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More info and materials on maternal and neonatal health

Visit the WHO World Health Day campaign page for more info and materials on this topic.