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• ABC TV launches series to highlight poverty and health
  ABC News has announced a yearlong project to focus attention on the diseases and health conditions that disproportionately afflict the world's poorest people including women and children’s health.
• The Global Fund approves us$1.7 billion in new grants
  15 DECEMBER 2010 | SOFIA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s Board of Directors today approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of US$1.7 billion.
• PMNCH spokesperson to lead UNFPA
  22 NOVEMBER 2010 | OTTAWA – African Spokesperson for PMNCH is to take over as the new head of UNFPA in 2011.
• WHO urges all countries to strengthen health financing so more people can use services
  22 NOVEMBER 2010 | BERLIN | GENEVA -- Governments worldwide are struggling to pay for health care.
• GAVI: Developing world gets new vaccine within a year of richer nations
  12 DECEMBER 2010 | MANAGUA, Nicaragua - International leaders in global health joined the Nicaraguan government and hundreds of parents and children to celebrate the rollout of the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the developing world less than a year after it was introduced in rich countries.
• WRA: Haute couture for maternal lives
  26 OCTOBER 2010 - Internet Auction - Following the Women: Inspiration & Enterprise Symposium, the WIE on-line Gown Auction boasts one-of-a kind gowns by top designers and is raising funds for the White Ribbon Alliance.
• Civil Society calls for Korea to be more inclusive before the ‘Civil G20’ meeting
  13 OCTOBER 2010 | SEOUL - On the eve of the world's first “Civil G-20” -- a dialogue between anti-poverty activists and the government negotiators who set the agenda and do the grunt work for the Group of Twenty nations.
• Global Fund Replenishment Meeting ends with massive funding shortfall: Millions of lives hang in the balance
  6 OCTOBER 2020 | NEW YORK - At the conclusion replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today in New York, donors fell far short of investing the $20 billion needed to fully fund the fight against the three pandemics.
• Italians follow-up on STC' EVERYONE Campaign
  6 OCTOBER 2010 | ROME - The City of Rome and representatives from the NGO Save the Children and national and international organizations have met one year after the launch of the NGO’s Everyone’ Campaign for a follow up which included participation from Italian ministers, the City of Rome, STC, PMNCH and the WHO.
• RFA No. MNCH2010-004 Implementation Research Project: Tackling Disrespect and Abuse in Facility-Based Childbirth
  5 OCTOBER 2010 - The purpose of this solicitation is to fund implementation research that will document disrespect and abuse and develop and test an intervention approach to significantly reduce the leading manifestations of disrespect and abuse of women during labor and delivery in facilities in developing countries with high burdens of maternal mortality.
• CBS TV: 60 Minutes on the Gates Foundation
  3 OCTOBER 2010 | CBSNEWS - Scott Pelley catches up with the world's most generous philanthropists, Bill and Melinda Gates, and travels to some of the world's trouble spots their billions are helping.
• UN Summit launches drive to save the lives of more than 16 million women and children
  21 SEPTEMBER 2010 | NEW YORK – Culminating a global summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Heads of State and Government, along with the private sector, foundations, international organizations, civil society and research organizations, kicked off a concerted world-wide effort to save the lives of more than 16 million women and children.
• UN Summit concludes with adoption of global action plan to achieve development goals by 2015
  22 SEPTEMBER 2010 | UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK -- A United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals concluded with the adoption of a global action plan to achieve the eight anti-poverty goals by their 2015 target date and the announcement of major new commitments for women’s and children’s health and other initiatives against poverty, hunger and disease.
• Women Deliver : Brunch - Accelerating Action on the MDGs: Delivering for Girls, Women, and Babies
  19 SEPTEMBER 2010 | NEW YORK - To help shape the discussion at the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals which begins Monday, September 20th, Women Deliver is organizing a brunch.
• UN HEALTH AGENCIES: Maternal deaths worldwide drop by a third
  15 SEPTEMBER 2010 | GENEVA – The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth has decreased by 34% from an estimated 546 000 in 1990 to 358 000.
• Levels and trends in child mortality
  UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA/Population Division (2010)
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
  SEPTEMBER 2010 - Millennium development goal (MDG) 5 Target 5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. It has been a challenge to assess the extent of progress due to the lack of reliable and accurate maternal mortality data – particularly in developing-country settings where maternal mortality is high.
• UNICEF : New study shows MDGs for children can be reached faster with focus on most disadvantaged
  7 SEPTEMBER 2010 | NEW YORK – The global community can save millions of lives by investing first in the most disadvantaged children and communities, according to a new UNICEF study released today.
• SAVE THE CHILDREN : A fair chance at life - Why equity matters for child mortality
  7 SEPTEMBER 2010 - Four million child deaths could have been prevented over ten years if countries had made the same effort to help poor children as better-off ones, Save the Children said today.
• VAAH JUNIOR FOUNDATION : Call for nominations
  1 September 2010 - The Vaah Junior Foundation for Better Maternal and Child Health, Ghana opens a call for nominations
• Women Deliver : Put Yourself on the Maternal Health Map!
  Women Deliver, in partnership with the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth, is conducting a mapping of all organizations working on maternal health issues.
• WHO : Ten steps to successful breastfeeding highlighted during World Breastfeeding Week
  30 JULY 2010 | GENEVA - During World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) reiterates its call on health facilities and health workers to implement ten steps to help mothers breastfeed successfully and improve their babies’ health and chances of survival.
• DFID launches public consultation on reproductive, maternal and newborn health
  27 JULY 2010-20 OCTOBER 2010 | LONDON – DFID has launched a public consultation to inform the development of their forthcoming business plan on reproductive, maternal and newborn health.
• PMNCH/Africa Public Health Alliance & 15% Campaign/Countdown to 2015: Small investment could save 11 million African lives
  21 JULY 2010 | KAMPALA, UGANDA
• UNFPA : Dispatch from Uganda
  KAMPALA | 21 JULY 2010 - Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, The Executive Director of UNFPA, took the podium in a packed Main Hall of the famous Makerere University and gave a high profile lecture.
• WHO announces new approaches to HIV prevention and treatment among children
  20 JULY 2010 | VIENNA -- Efforts worldwide on access to treatment for children with HIV have reached a new milestone, with 355 000 children receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, compared to 276 000 at the end of 2008; but many more lives could be saved if more infants started on medication earlier according to new recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Report on the Hearing in front of the III Commission for Foreign and Communitarian Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament
  1 JULY 2010 - Dr. Flavia Bustreo Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Dr. Mario Merialdi, Coordinator in the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and Dr. Francesco Aureli, the Save the Children spokesman for Italy, were asked to address the Commission of the Italian Parliament in charge of foreign affairs with regard to the Millennium Development Goals.
• Global Health Council : Welcomes the Muskoka Initiative on MNCH at G8 Summit in Canada
  1 JULY 2010 | TORONTO - The Global health Council strongly supports the G8’s ‘Muskoka Initiative’
• Canada’s Prime Minister announces contribution Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
  25 JUNE 2010 | TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that following the Muskoka Summit, the total Canadian contribution for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health will be $2.85 billion over five years. In addition to $1.1 billion in new money, the Government will also renew existing funding of $1.75 billion over the next five years, for what will be a permanent and long-term commitment.
• ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK : US $150 million ADB loan for MDGs 4 & 5 in Pakistan’s Punjab Province
  24 JUNE 2010 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $150 million equivalent loan for an ongoing program aimed at cutting infant and maternal deaths
• Asian Development Bank : US $150 million ADB loan for MDGs 4 & 5 in Pakistan’s Punjab province
  24 JUNE 2010 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $150 million equivalent loan for an ongoing program aimed at cutting infant and maternal deaths
• World's Foremost Experts Offer 4-Point Checklist for Success of the G8's Marquee Issue: Maternal and Child Health
  22 JUNE 2010 | GENEVA - Almost half of pregnant women in the developing world deliver their babies at home.
• New campaigns on maternal and child mortality buoyed by progress reported on Millennium Development Goals
  23 JUNE 2010 | NEW YORK – Updated data on mortality rates among mothers and young children are likely to encourage G8 leaders, who at their meeting later this week will make this health issue – long considered a neglected area of international development efforts – a 2010 priority.
• WRA: Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer Celine Dion lends her support to White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood appeal to G8 leaders
  9 JUNE 2010 - International superstar Celine Dion has added her name to the list of celebrities and VIPs making public their appeal to world leaders to save the lives of women lost in childbirth.
• WRA: Atlas of birth launched at Women Deliver
  9 JUNE 2010 - The Atlas of Birth has been launched at the Women Deliver Conference in Washington, D.C.
• Groundbreaking decison on maternal mortality in India
  4 JUNE 2010 - In a historic decision the Delhi High Court ordered compensation for violation of constitutional and reproductive rights of two impoverished women.
• THE LANCET: Women Deliver Special Issue Press Release
  3 June 2010 | London - For special distribution at the Women Deliver and Countdown to 2015 Conferences in Washington, DC, 7-9 June 2010, The Lancet has produced a special issue with five articles focussing on women’s and children’s health. In its June issue, it has produced a Resume of the just-published 2010 Countdown to 2015 Decade Report.
• World Bank : New plan to help poor countries prevent mothers' and children's deaths
  12 MAY 2010 | WASHIINGTON DC - Yesterday, the World Bank released a 2010-2015 blueprint for its reproductive health work, which will help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of mothers and children.
• Save The Children : State of the World Mothers 2010
  Save the Children (2010)
• WHO: Better care for newborns crucial for Millennium Development Goal on child deaths
  10 MAY 2010 | GENEVA -- Improving newborn care in the first month of life is essential for reducing child deaths in developing countries, according to a global update on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) released today in the World Health Statistics 2010.
• Make Mom Happy by Making a Difference
• A Week to Save Moms and their Kids
  4 MAY 2010 | OTTAWA, ONTARIO - International aid organizations and health professional associations gathered on Parliament Hill today to call for all-party support to help save the lives of the hundreds of thousands of mothers and nearly 9 million children who die every year from preventable deaths. This event kicks off a week of activities to raise awareness about the issue of maternal, newborn and child survival around the globe.
• Save the Children: New report and Ad Council campaign show how women health workers can save children's lives
  4 MAY 2010 | WESTPORT, Conn. — To address the global shortfall of 4.3 million health care workers needed to end preventable maternal and child deaths, countries must invest in women who are front-line health care workers, Save the Children says in its new State of the World's Mothers 2010.
• Ten new members join PMNCH
  List of new members
• G8 Development Ministers strongly commit to save the lives of mothers and children in developing countries
  28 APRIL 2010 | HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - The G8 Development Ministers Meeting concluded today with a consensus to press forward on some of the world’s most urgent development priorities, including a Canadian-led G8 initiative to save the lives of millions of mothers and children under the age of five.
• UN official urges rich nations’ leaders to help end child malnutrition
  27 APRIL 2010 | NEW YORK – The head of the United Nations food agency today urged leaders of the Group of 8 (G8) industrialized nations to make combating child malnutrition a pillar of the their summit in Canada in June
• Canada, Japan, USAID, and The World Bank appeal for faster,cCoordinated action in battling malnutrition
  24 APRIL 2010 | WASHINGTON - Ministers, heads of development agencies, and civil society organizations attending the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings are appealing to governments worldwide to invest more in halving the rate of malnutrition.
• Civil G8 tells top policy makers that progress in combatting poverty under threat
  16 APRIL 2010 | VANCOUVER - The world’s top policy makers got a powerful message from advocates for the world’s poorest people: Promises are not enough. The G8 is $18 billion short on its commitments to alleviate poverty in developing countries, according to the OECD. The impact of climate change is worsening the lives of millions in Africa and Asia. Canada needs to hold member countries to account at this June’s G8 Summit in Muskoka.
• WHO : Commission on Women’s Health in the African Region
  14 APRIL 2010 | MONROVIA - The Commission on Women's Health in the African Region was launched by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia.
• UN Secretary-General Launches Global Effort on Women’s Health
  14 APRIL 2010 | NEW YORK- With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is announcing the development of a Joint Action Plan for accelerating progress on maternal and newborn health.
• University of Oxford with support from Maternal Health Task Force: Global Voices for Maternal Health
  March 2010 - Global Voices for Maternal Health is a ground‐breaking new web‐based project that will be launched in mid‐2010 by the University of Oxford, supported by the Maternal Health Task Force.
• Investment case for health in Africa
  25-26 APRIL 2010 - Members of the Harmonization for Health in Africa took part in a technical meeting on the development of an investment case for health in Africa.
• The ABC’s of family planning
  22 MARCH 2010 - What do we mean by "family planning" and how does this relate to safe abortion?
• Dramatic improvements on neonatal survival rates
  MARCH 2010 - Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas of India
• WHO: Equal rights and opportunities for women and girls essential for better health
  8 MARCH 2010 - Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), many girls and women still do not have equal opportunities to realize rights recognized by law.
• ONE Campaign launches: Women ONE2ONE
  8 March 2010 - Today is the 100th year of International Women's Day. Mark this occasion by taking action on behalf of women around the world.
• Because maternal health is a human right
  8 MARCH 2010 - Pregnancy is not a disease, yet it kills one woman every minute
• 34 MILLION FRIENDS: Gender equality starts with maternal health
  8 MARCH 2010 | SAN BERNARDINO, CA - Today is International Women's Day, a global celebration of women's accomplishments and contributions past, present and future
• Women Deliver: Save the date!
  4 MARCH 2010 - This International Women’s Day, 8 March, will mark a new era—one where women’s health emerges as central to the agendas of major governments, donors, and policymakers.
• MASSIVEGOOD innovative financing travel scheme to fund health MDGs
  4 March 2010 | New York - With a simple click at the United Nations on March 4th, President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kicked off the Massive Good movement to build a healthier world.
• Enhancing the rights of adolescent girls
  3 MARCH 2010 | GENEVA - Millions of adolescent girls live in poverty, are burdened by gender discrimination, inequality, subjected to violence, abuse and exploitation.
• CIDA: G8 Development Ministers to meet in Halifax
  18 FEBRUARY 2010 | HALIFAX (Marketwire) - The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced today that Development Ministers from G8 countries will meet in Halifax on April 26-28, 2010.
• Italian Parliamentarians commit again to MNCH support
  5-6 February 2010 | GENEVA - Italian Parliamentarians meeting in Geneva have pledged continued support and action for maternal, newborn and child issues.
• Canadian Coalition commends Government on G8 focus
  26 JANUARY 2010 | OTTAWA, ONTARIO - (Marketwire) - The Prime Minister's decision to put the well-being of mothers and children at the top of the G8 agenda is a positive step.
• CANADA: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speeches
  26 JANUARY 2010 | OTTAWA - This week, many global leaders and members of the international business community will meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  28 JANUARY 2010 | DAVOS - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
• Partners respond quickly to Haiti earthquake
  21 JANUARY 2010 - The horrific earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January not only caused wide spread devastation, it also left many of the most vulnerable members of society without access to much needed food, water and medication.
• UNITED NATIONS: Appeal launched for emergency assistance to thousands of pregnant women at high risk in Haiti
  14 JANUARY 2010 | UNITED NATIONS - Estimates that there could be as many as 37,000 pregnant women among the 3 million people affected by Haiti’s earthquake have led to an urgent appeal to meet their emergency maternal health needs.
• UNFPA : Maternal health supplies being rushed to Haiti
  14 JANUARY 2010 | UNITED NATIONS - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is working as part of the coordinated United Nations response and with other partners to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to those who have been affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
• Foundations Applaud Clinton's Speech on Reproductive Rights
  8 JANUARY 2010 | WASHINGTON DC - A broad coalition of organizations and several Presidents of US-based Foundations have applauded the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech