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Act now or miss mother and child survival targets, international leaders say

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25 September 2008 - New York - Global targets to cut the deaths of mothers, newborns, and children will be missed without urgent action, international leaders said today.

"Don't fail our women and children"

24 September 2008 - The Partnership contributes to a special blog dedicated to UN High Level event on MDGs.

Special Event to Highlight Maternal, Newborn and Child Health During the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals

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23 September 2008, New York, NY – Commitment to Progress for Mothers, Newborns and Children will launch a global re-commitment to improve the health of women and their young children and achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 (child health) and 5 (maternal health).

High level launch in Latin America for mothers + children

19 September 2008, Santiago, Chile - The Deliver Now Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) initiative was launched by President Bachelet and Prime Minister Stoltenberg and other leaders.

Political scientist speaks on generating priority for maternal, newborn & child health

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5 September 2008, Geneva - Professor Jeremy Shiffman, a political scientist at Syracuse University, has been developing a new field of enquiry to analyse the critical factors underlying successful political advocacy for global health causes.

Partnership welcomes G8 commitment to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths

10 July 2008, Geneva - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health welcomes G8 leaders' commitment to take urgent action to prevent the deaths of ten million young children and women each year.

Partnership calls for new G8 investment in maternal, child health "more urgent than ever"

8 July 2008, Hokkaido/Geneva (updated 10 July) - G8 leaders and Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda must commit a new US$10.2 billion per year for maternal, newborn and child health to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly at a time when rising food and energy prices are threatening to increase poverty and malnutrition among women and children, rolling back progress, according to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.

Partnership calls new G8 investment in maternal, child health "more urgent than ever"

7 July 2008, Geneva/Hokkaido - G8 Leaders and Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda need to commit a new US$10.2 billion for maternal, newborn and child health to protect women and children from the double shock caused by rising food and energy prices, according to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.

Press conference in Rome highlights Christie's "Art for Health" Auction

16 June 2008, Rome - A press conference in Rome has highlighted the innovative Art for Health collaboration between an Italian artist, Elisabetta Farina, the World Health Organization (WHO), The Partnership, the Italian NGO, Imagine OnlusRome, which will auction some 40 original women's paintings on Wednesday 18 June at the prestigious headquarters of Christie's auction house in Rome.

Dr Francisco Songane speaks to the UN Human Rights Commission

5 June 2008, Geneva - Leaders and decision-makers have been urged to lead the way and be accountable for mothers and children lives. Citing maternal mortality as one of the world's most profound injustices, Dr Francisco Songane, Director of The Partnership, opened a special panel on United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva.

The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV)

30 May 2008, Geneva - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health warmly welcomes the call for strengthened health systems for African women and children in the Yokohama Declaration and Action Plan issued by the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), held in Yokohama, Japan from 28 to 30 May.

Deliver Now launched in Tanzania

22 April 2008, Dar es Salaam - The global advocacy drive Deliver Now for Women + Children was initiated in Tanzania by Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Countdown to 2015 Conference calls for major investment in health services

19 April 2008, Cape Town – A three day conference on tracking global progress to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths has concluded today with a call for scaled up investment in basic health services and human resources to reduce the preventable deaths of over 10 million children and women each year.

G8 action urged to avert 6 million mother and child deaths every year

19 April 2008, Cape Town - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health today called on G8 leaders to fulfil their previous commitments to global health and commit to new, long-term financing for essential interventions that could avert the deaths of over 6 million mothers, newborn and children every year.

Critical health care fails to reach most women and children in high mortality countries

16 April 2008, Cape Town – Leading global health experts, policy-makers and parliamentarians are convening in Cape Town today to address the urgent need for accelerated progress to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths, if internationally-agreed targets are to be met.

Deliver Now launched in India

11 April 2008, Delhi - ‘Deliver Now for Women and Children”, a global campaign to reduce maternal and child death was launched today by the White Ribbon Alliance of India to mark ‘National Safe Motherhood Day’.

Opportunities for Africa's Newborns launched

27 March 2008, Ouagadougou - Landmark report translated to French shows improvements in child survival in Africa for the first time since the 1980s—but more than a million African babies still die in the first month of life.

11th Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

17 March 2008, Geneva - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health welcomes the recent expressions of commitment towards the improvement of Maternal and Child Health by President Wade of Senegal during the 11th Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) (Dakar, Senegal, 13-14 March).

Deliver Now at the Commission for the Status of Women

28 February 2008, New York - The advocacy campaign - Deliver Now for Women + Children - was presented at the United Nations 52nd Commission for the Status of Women

UK Parliament report highlights maternal deaths

Geneva 3 March - Members of the UK Parliament issued a wide ranging report on global maternal health in London yesterday. The report by the House of Commons International Development Committee was released on Mothers' Day in the UK.

Key speakers from The Partnership at the Women Deliver Conference

18-20 October 2007 London - Biographies of leaders of the Partnership’s Member Organizations, Board Members, and the Secretariat's Director and Deputy Director who will speak at the Women Deliver Conference.

Partnership applauds landmark commitments

26 September 2007, New York - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway pledged US$1 billion with an additional US$ 125 million commitment by Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Balkenende, to support education and maternal health.

UK inquiry on maternal health

16 october 2007, London - Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Dr Francisco Songane was invited to provide testimony to the UK Parliamentary inquiry into maternal health and the status of UK support for this global development priority

Global drive to improve maternal and child health launched at Clinton Global Initiative

26 Septembre 2007, New York - A global coalition of governments and organizations launches a major advocacy drive today entitled Deliver Now for Women + Children.

Partnership Member appointed a Federal Minister of Health, Nigeria

27 July 2007, Lagos/Geneva - The President of the International Pediatric Association and an active member of The Partnership, Dr Adenike Grange, has been appointed today the Federal Minister of Health, Nigeria. Dr Grange is an active member of the Country Support Working Group of The Partnership.

Safe blood for safe motherhood

14 June 2007, Geneva - "The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health recognizes the essential role of safe and rational use of blood in reducing maternal and newborn mortality." said Dr Francisco Songane.

Global Health Conference

30 May 2007, Washington DC - "At midway to 2015 -- the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- maternal, newborn and child health need to take a center stage on the global health agenda," said Dr Francisco Songane, Director of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.

60th World Health Assembly

15 May 2007, Geneva - Prime Minister of Norway: "Every 3 seconds a child dies and every minute a pregnant woman dies in our globalized world. All together over 10 million deaths every year. This is unacceptable."

Partners' Forum Meeting

17 April 2007, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - The Prime Minister of Tanzania calls on regional leaders to increase health spending to 15% of national budgets and to strive for achieving health MDGs.

Partners' Forum Meeting

April 2007, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, - The world is witnessing an ever-increasing divide in maternal, newborn and child health. Every year, 10.6 million children under the age of five die of causes that are mostly preventable and manageable. Half a million women die during pregnancy or birth, and another 10 million suffer from related complications. Around 99 per cent of all deaths occur in the developing world, all due to a lack of decent maternal, newborn and child health services.

Quick wins versus strengthening health systems

16 June 2006, London - The UK Secretary of State - the Rt. Hon Hilary Benn - debates health of poor countries with leading figures from global health: Dr Francisco Songane and Dr Fareed Abdullah.

World Health Assembly urged to take immediate action

24 May 2006, Geneva - The former Prime Minister of Norway and the United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, has challenged Ministers of Health and their delegates at the World Health Assembly to take immediate action to save lives of 11 million mothers, newborns and children under five who die each year, mostly from preventable causes.

The Partnership's new Director

13 December 2005, London - Francisco F. Songane, a former Minister of Health from Mozambique recognized both nationally and internationally for innovation and leadership, has been named the new Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.

Countdown to 2015: Tracking progress in child survival

13 December 2005, London - Urgent call to save lives of 30 million under fives over next decade

New global partnership will take immediate action

12 September 2005, New York - For the first time, the world’s leading maternal, newborn and child health professionals have formally joined forces to step up efforts to achieve the international development goals for child and maternal health. The new partnership marks a milestone in an intensive and growing global focus on the health of women and children.

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