With 546 days left to score Millennium Development Goals, new roadmap released to save lives of additional 140,000 women, 250,000 newborns by end of 2015
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“The Acceleration Roadmap challenges leaders focused on maternal and newborn survival to save every life possible in the remaining six quarters until the MDGs expire.”
Malawi: Government to increase health budget for women, children
Bolivia, Cameroon, Malawi, United States of America
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Malawi has committed to increasing financial alocations for the health budget with 30 percent of it to cater for health of women and children.
Nepal, Bangladesh beat India in mother and child care
Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Peru, Rwanda, Vietnam
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Ten countries, including Nepal and Bangladesh in South Asia, have dramatically reduced mother and child deaths within two decades despite social and political challenges.
Global forum calls for urgent action to curb health inequities, cut maternal and child mortality
More than 800 leaders and public health experts from around the world opened a landmark two-day meeting in Johannesburg
Vibe Ghana – World Leaders Challenged to Ensure Every Woman and Child Live
Ms Graca Machel, Board Chairperson of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), has appealed to global leaders to make efforts to ensure that every pregnant mother and newborns lives.
World Leaders Challenged to Ensure Every Woman and Child Live
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Mrs Graça Machel, PMNCH Chair and African Ambassador for A Promised Renewed, was emphatic in her address as she opened the Partners’ Forum.
Finally, neonatal mortality prevention gains attention
Bolivia, Cameroon, India, Malawi, United States of America
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All the 194 countries that attended the World Health Assembly last month agreed to a commitment to support and implement measures that would save these lives.
WHO recommends women’s groups to improve maternal and newborn health
Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Malawi
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The World Health Organisation has recommended an intervention developed and tested by partners in four countries and UCL researchers to improve maternal and newborn health.
USAID Unveils New Efforts to Reduce Child and Maternal Deaths
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While child deaths have dropped from 12.6 million in 1990 to 6.6 million in 2012, 16,000 children and 800 mothers are dying every day, says the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Canada ensures that the health of women and children remains a global priority
Ethiopia, India, United States of America
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Minister Paradis attends the high-level forum Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths in Washington, DC.