Partnership news 2009

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• Election of NGO Representatives to PMNCH Board
• Harvard Dean Julio Frenk to chair PMNCH Board
  10 DECEMBER 2009 | GENEVA, OTTAWA - Dr Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, has been elected Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.
• Election of NGO Representatives to PMNCH Board
• Election of NGO Representatives to PMNCH Board
• Election of NGO Representatives to PMNCH Board
• Election of NGO Representatives to PMNCH Board
• Media advisory: Getting women and children on the 2010 G8/G20 agenda
  30 NOVEMBER 2009 | OTTAWA, Canada - When G8/G20 world leaders convene in Canada in 2010, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) wants them to remember the millions of women and children around the world who die during pregnancy, childbirth or childhood from lack of access to adequate care or lack of trained health care professionals.
• Reproductive health supplement in Italian weekender
  14 NOVEMBER 2009 | ROME – One of Italy’s most widely-read newspapers, Il Corriere della Sera, has published a supplement co-produced by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), the Italian NGO O.N.Da (Osservatorio Nazionale sulla Salute della Donna) and the Reproductive Health Department of the World Health Organization (WHO).
• PMNCH honours Board Chair and announces new Acting Chair
  30 October 2009 | GENEVA - Ms Joy Phumaphi is leaving her position at The World Bank to return to her home country Botswana.
• Press release: New global consensus on maternal, newborn and child health
  23 SEPTEMBER 2009 | NEW YORK - A new Consensus for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, setting out five key action steps to save the lives of more than 10 million women and children by 2015, was launched today at a high-level event at the United Nations.
• New Global Consensus on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to save over 10 million lives
  22 SEPTEMBER 2009 | NEW YORK - A new Consensus for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, agreed this year by a broad range of governments, non-governmental organizations, international health agencies, and individuals, through the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), will be launched at a high-level event at the United Nations on Wednesday, September 23rd.
• The Partnership announces new Director
  14 JULY 2009 | GENEVA - The Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has officially announced its new Director to be Dr Flavia Bustreo. Dr Bustreo has worked as Deputy Director of The Partnership since January 2006, and acting Director since March 2009.
• The Partnership congratulates Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
  9 JULY 2009 | ADDIS/GENEVA - The Chair of The Partnership, Mrs Joy Phumaphi, has congratulated PMNCH Co-Chair, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on his appointment as Chair of the Geneva-based Global Fund.
• Italian Parliament commits to increase investment in maternal and newborn health
  Rome|Geneva |15 June 2009 - The Italian Parliament has unanimously adopted a parliamentary resolution on 9 June, which aims at saving the lives of mothers and children in the countries with highest burden, by committing increased official development assistance (ODA) by its Government for maternal, newborn and child health. The resolution is a critical welcome sign by Italy, the host of the upcoming G8 Summit next month.
• Briefing at the World Health Assembly: Investment needs in maternal, newborn & child health in Asia & Pacific
  21 MAY 2009 | GENEVA - Asia and the Pacific accounts for nearly half of the global burden in maternal, newborn and child health. But countries can achieve long term health benefits and generate significant economic returns, by investing as little as US$3 annually per capita.
• Urgent investment in the health of mothers and children: The “best buy” for long term development in Asia and the Pacific
  21 MAY 2009 | GENEVA - Despite decades of rapid economic growth, the Asia and the Pacific region accounts for nearly half of the global burden in maternal, newborn and child health.
• Letter from the Partnership Board Chair Joy Phumaphi to all members and partners
  5 MAY 2009 - I am writing to share an important milestone on the road towards realizing the vision of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: a world where all women and children receive the care they need to live healthy, productive lives.
• Report calls for increased investment in the health of mothers and children in Asia and the Pacific
  3 MAY 2009 | DENPASAR/BALI, GENEVA - Financial and fiscal measures to stimulate the ailing global economy should include significant and sustained funding to improve the health of mothers, babies and children in the world’s poorest region.
• Country investment cases & Countdown planned for Asia & Pacific
  APRIL 2009 |CANBERRA/BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - An increased focus on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in Asia and the Pacific is being planned by Partners and The Partnership.
• Countdown 2015 urges parliamentarians to save mother and child lives
  7 APRIL 2009 | ADDIS ABABA - Some 1500 parliamentarians from 154 countries have been asked to represent and create legislation to save the lives of millions of mothers and children who die needlessly each year.
• Advisory: Countdown to 2015 - Special session with parliamentarians
  2 APRIL 2009 | ADDIS ABABA - The Countdown to 2015 Initiative is a multi-partner project to track coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child (MNC) mortality.
• Gates and AusAID joining forces to save lives of babies and mothers
  31 MARCH 2009 - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and AusAID are joining forces with the newly-formed AusAID Knowledge Hubs to fund a $4 million project aimed at reducing the millions of maternal and child deaths that occur globally each year.
• UN SPECIAL HIGH-LEVEL EVENT: Philanthropy and Global Public Health
  23 FEBRUARY 2009 | NEW YORK - More than 500 high-level politicians, corporate leaders, donors and members of civil society met at the United Nations to identify ways to increase corporate sector responsibility and funding for health.
• SEMINAR: Maternal, newborn and child health at a cross-roads - Where to go next?
  18 FEBRUARY 2009 / WASHINGTON DC - “Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health(MNCH) at a Cross Roads – Where to Go Next?”- a seminar jointly organized by the World Bank and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health examined how to finance action to save mother and child lives.
• Partnership welcomes President Obama's decision to restore US funding for global family planning
  27 JANUARY 2009 | GENEVA - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health commends President Barack Obama for his early decision to restore government funding for US non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which fund global family planning programmes.
• ITALY: Italian women Parliamentarians commit to maternal, newborn & child health
  23 JANUARY 2009 | GENEVA - A group of ten women Parliamentarians from Italy participated in the first meeting on sexual and reproductive health - critical issues in maternal, newborn & child health.