New website: Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
6 FEBRUARY 2012 | GENEVA - WHO and partners are launching a new web site on results, resources and oversight related to women's and children's health. The site will track progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Accountability Commission and inform the international community about the work of the independent Expert Review Group (iERG). In the launch, the iERG issued a “Call for Evidence” on good practice and obstacles for achieving accountability related to progress on the implementation of the UN Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.
Women and children’s health front and centre at 2012 World Economic Forum
27-29 JANUARY 2012 | DAVOS - Two side events related to the Every Woman, Every Child effort were co-organized with PMNCH at the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF). A high-level luncheon addressed reasons and ways for business and government leaders to invest in women and children´s health with UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with many notable interventions including from PMNCH Director Carole Presern. PMNCH also co-organized a side event with Johnson & Johnson, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FSG and the UN Foundation, to discuss a draft Guide examining ways for companies to contribute women’s and children’s health.
African statisticians resolve to improve systems that report births, deaths and causes of deaths
25 JANUARY2012 | CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA – African countries and development partners are advocating for the improvement of the systems that capture births, deaths and causes of death among their populations, especially the causes of death among women and children, to improve human rights and assist in proper planning and allocation of resources. Statisticians representing all African countries met in Cape Town this week at the 7th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) and the meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM), and resolved to strengthen Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems during the next five years across Africa.
PMNCH Board welcomes new Co-Chairs and Members
JANUARY 2012 | GENEVA - PMNCH would like to warmly welcome the new co-Chairs: the Government of India, represented by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, the Honourable Ghulam Nabi Azad, and the World Health Organization, represented by Assistant Director-General, Dr Flavia Bustreo. We also sincerely thank departing Co-Chairs Vinod Paul (Academic Expert) and Purnima Mane (UNFPA), who completed their terms with the PMNCH Board. PMNCH Board also welcomed several Board members since the last announcement in June, including AusAID, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and CIDA.
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