The Partnership E-Blast
30 NOVEMBER 2009
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30 NOVEMBER 2009 | OTTAWA –The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) is holding its Seventh Board meeting in Ottawa, Canada on 3-4 December 2009. Two side events are also planned in conjunction with the Board meeting and co-hosted by a Canadian Board member, FIGO\ Society of Obs\Gyn of Canada (SOGC): a Reception for the MNCH community in Ottawa (2 December at 1700 H) , and a Briefing Breakfast for Parliamentarians on 3 December 2009.
World leaders pledge billions to save mother and child lives
SEPTEMBER 2009 | UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK - At a landmark event at the UN in New York convened by The Partnership with the Taskforce on Innovative International Financing, some 300 high-level participants announced an unprecedented array of commitments to save maternal and child lives in developing countries and achieve the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 & 5.
As well as pledging more than US $5 billion in multi-year funding, leaders committed to a Global Consensus for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
- More information on the UN event
- Taskforce on Innovative International Financing press release
- Consensus For Maternal, Newborn And Child Health
PARTNERSHIP NEWS
- PMNCH honours Board Chair and announces new Acting Chair
- Dr Julian Schweitzer's biography
- Meet the new PMNCH Secretariat
MEMBER NEWS
- Save the LIves of Mothers + Children : Make Poverty History Campaign
- CIDA : Canada’s Development Agency unveils children and youth strategy and aid
- WHO/UNICEF : Global action plan for prevention and control of pneumonia (GAPP)
- 34 MILLION FRIENDS : Women's health equals global health: A radical proposal
EVENTS
- 16th Canada Conference on International Health: Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility
- OECD explores maternal health indicator for health
- XIXth FIGO Congress: PMNCH highlights crucial role for health care professionals
- Programme for Global Paediatric Research Symposium & Workshop: Developing & delivering better health for every child
RESOURCES
Continuum of Care
Economics
Health systems
Maternal health
- WHO Report calls for action to improve women and girls' health
- Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition: A survival and development priority
MDGs, poverty and development
Research and statistics
In the News
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