Improving Monitoring, Transparency, and Accountability for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the seventh event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. This meeting is in collaboration with Management Sciences for Health, the Global Health Council, and PATH.

Improving Monitoring, Transparency, and Accountability for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

featuring:

Sallie Craig Huber, Global Lead for Results Management, Management Sciences for Health Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Senior Maternal Health Advisor, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program Ellen Starbird, Deputy Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, U.S. Agency for International Development Monique Widyono, Program Officer, Gender, Violence, and Rights, PATH

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Transparency and accountability ensure that data is collected and used to improve policies and programs that impact women and children’s lives. The President’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) calls for improved monitoring and evaluation systems that “remove barriers and increase access to quality health services” for women and young girls.

This meeting will address critical M & E challenges, including transparency and accountability, and will explore ways in which countries and communities are building their capacity to overcome these challenges.

Sallie Craig Huber, global lead for results management, Management Sciences for Health, will moderate the discussion and address the critical timing of this key maternal health issue. Dr. Jeffrey Smith, senior maternal health advisor of the Maternal and Child Integrated Health Program will address the challenges of multiple indicators for multiple donors and what impact this has on utilizing data. Monique Widyono, program officer at PATH will discuss how data is collected and utilized in the field to engage policymakers. Ellen Starbird, deputy director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health at USAID will discuss how the President’s GHI will improve M & E for maternal health.

About the Maternal Health Policy Series The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important issues within the maternal health community.

The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.

About the Global Health Council, Management Sciences for Health, & PATH
Series: This series addresses current issues and innovative approaches to expand and improve maternal and child health programming in the developing world. Topics will include tools and technologies, the role of the private sector, adolescent maternal health, and nutrition for mothers and their children.

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Tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor conference room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.