MNCH in the news 2008

Looking under the hood and seeing an incubator

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy becomes global ambassador protecting mothers and children against AIDS

Hard start for Bangladesh baby (BBC website)

US Health Aid Beyond PEPFAR: The Mother & Child Campaign (JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association)

BBC World profiles "Survival" stories for maternal + child health

Action call over maternal deaths (BBC News)

Development: Now Sit Up and Listen (IPS)

A mother's final look at life (Washington Post)

The struggle to save Afghan mothers (BBC News)

Goal 5: Maternal health : Safe childbirth is at the heart of all the other millennium goals, so why is it the one in greatest danger of failing?

Media clips mentioning maternal, newborn and child health from coverage of the UN High-level Event on MDGs and special events

Goal 4: Child mortality: Insufficient funding and a lack of coordination has thrown efforts to reduce child mortality off track, resulting in more preventable deaths

Media clips on the launch of maternal and child health initiative in Latin America

We owe it to all women and children (Guardian, UK)

Innovative finance for women and children (The Lancet)

Plea for cash to cut deaths in childbirth (Guardian, UK)

500,000 women seen dying in pregnancy or childbirth (Reuters)

UNICEF urges greater focus on maternal mortality (AFP)

Report: 55% of infants die in Kenya annually due to lack of breastfeeding (APA, Kenya)

G8 meeting disappoints on global health (The Lancet)

Millions need family planning help, advocates say (CBC News)

From here to (better) maternity: a long road (The Times, UK)

Maternal and Child Health Makes Strides at G8 (RH Reality Check)

G-8 commitment to global health lauded by UN agencies (UN News)

No child should ever be orphaned at birth - Sarah Brown (The Times, UK)

Poor diet during pregnancy may have long term impact on child's health, study suggests (Science Daily)

Pregnancy should be a cause for cheer, not a reason to fear for your life (Guardian, UK)

Art for Health Christie's auction (Italian media clippings)

The Sex speech (New York Times)

Health for all (BBC World Service Radio)

Giving birth to ideas for care; Midwives from around the world aim to learn from each other in Glasgow this week (The Herald, Glasgow)

Pregnant women in Africa face risky childbirth (Voice of America News)

Ban Ki-Moon gathers global health experts to improve care for world's poorest (UN News)

Six million children need not die every year (Reuters)

Millions of mothers lost (Guardian, UK)

Countdown to 2015 Report, Conference and The Lancet special issue

Compendium of international media clippings

Lack of political will blamed for maternal deaths

MPs urge action to cut childbirth deaths (Reuters)

Recruiting African health workers a crime: Lancet (Reuters)

Global child mortality total is halved (International Herald Tribune)

Undernutrition kills 3.5 million children a year: researchers (AFP)

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