Watch archived webcasts of the Women Deliver 2010 press conferences here.

Women Deliver 2010 had 235 reporters cover the conference; 170 journalists attended the meeting on site. Notable outlets where stories were reported included: The Washington Post, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Time, USA Today, Foreign Policy, PBS, Ms. Magazine. In total, over 300 stories were published or aired on Women Deliver in 2010.

Women Deliver: Press Releases

• Lack of Skilled Birth Care Costs 2 Million Lives Each Year
• 2010 Emerges As Historic Year Of Decisive Action To Save The Lives of More Than 10 Million Women And Children By 2015
• Global Health Leaders Issue Call To Action To Increase Number Of Midwives In Developing World
• Women Deliver Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Birth Control Pill
• Women Deliver Response to Lancet Data
• Nicholas Kristof and Arianna Huffington Join Global Leaders to Prompt Investment in Maternal Health
• Global Leaders to Promote Investment in Maternal Health, Supporting International Women’s Day

Women Deliver: Press Kit

• Women Deliver Schedule of Press Events
• Women Deliver 2010: Selected Notable Attendees
• Women Deliver Highlighted Sessions and Stories
• Women Deliver Pocket Card for an overview of global maternal health.
• Women Deliver Message Kit for the core message of the conference.
• Glossary of Key Maternal Health Terms
• Bio of Jill Sheffield, president of Women Deliver
• Reproductive Health and Technology, a backgrounder
• Maternal Mortality Success Stories
• Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms

Women Deliver: IN THE NEWS

The perils of pregnancy: one woman’s tale of dying to give birth TIME Magazine Gates Foundation Signals New Focus on Maternal, Child Health Wall Street Journal Singer adds voice to maternal health call BBC News New vaginal ring borrows from birth control to fight AIDS Agence France Presse Canada isn’t popular at major women’s-health conference, MP says Globe and Mail (op-ed) Melinda Gates, U.N. to target health Politico (blog) Let women deliver for us all Huffington Post A lesson in power by world leaders Huffington Post Ali Larter Is Ready to be a Hero for Women and Girls Huffington Post Gates foundation shifts aid to family health Financial Times Gates Foundation Pledges Additional $1.5 Billion More For Women And Children Forbes UN chief urges world to invest in women's health Agence France Presse Governments urged to increase cancer funding Daily Nation 3,000 Experts in U.S. for Women's Health Daily Champion Gates Foundation effort to focus on mothers and children New York Times The early word: spill concentration New York Times (The Caucus Blog) Ban Ki-moon calls on Obama to raise funds for moms and kids Foreign Policy Gates Foundation gives $1.5 bln for women's health (Reuters) Gates to spend $1.5 billion on women’s health (AP) UN chief opens women’s health summit Agence France Presse Melinda Gates tells the world that women matter Guardian (Global Health Blog) The true cost of unwanted babies, The Guardian Amnesty report condemns US death rates of women in childbirth, The Guardian  International Women's Day call for labour deaths action, BBC This International Women's Day Let's Aim to End Maternal Deaths, Huffington Post

Women Deliver: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on governments to join fight against maternal, childhood deaths USA Today Gates Foundation pledges $1.5 billion to child and maternal health NPR (‘Shots’ Blog) Gates Foundation commits $1.5 billion for maternal health Seattle Times Hillary Clinton reaches out to Ottawa Toronto Star Invest in women’s health: UN head CBC Melinda Gates: A new vision for the health of women and children Huffington Post (op-ed) Women Deliver promises hope around the world Huffington Post Women and power (op-ed) Huffington Post Every mother counts (op-ed) Huffington Post U.N. women's health conference must focus on education U.S. News and World Report (Blog) Investing in Women and Girls: A Focus on Health, Advocacy and Innovation, Huffington Post MDG 5: Protecting the Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health of our Daughters, GLOBAL HEALTH Blog Fifty years on, 200 million more women need the pill, The Guardian Pill: Women's long search for sure contraception, Times of India Canada Should Take a Seat at the Maternal-Health Table, The Globe and Mail Price Tag for Maternal Health: $12 Billion, Toronto Star International Women's Day 2010, The Lancet Jill Sheffield Fights for Moms Worldwide, Voice of America Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward, Huffington Post Audio on Women Deliver, SpokenWord.org Deliver for Women: Not a Request, But an Imperative, Huffington Post Delivering A Better Future For Women And Girls, The Ghanaian Times Message to the G8: Put up the money and save the mothers, The Globe and Mail Nigeria: 50 Years of the Pill - Appeal for Success, allAfrica.com Toronto Star Examines Cost Of Fighting Maternal Mortality, Canada's G8 Initiative, Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy blog

 

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