L'Aquila , Itlay – The "Group of 8" (G8) gathered the world's most powerful heads of state in Italy in early July to discuss the world's most pressing problems, including action needed to improve maternal health.
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Report on MDGs: Maternal Health Still At Risk
July 6th, 2009
Geneva – Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, addressed the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations today to launch the Millennium Development Goals Report 2009, and call attention to the current economic crisis' affect on the poverty reduction goals. The report states that MDG 5 is the goal towards which least progress has been made thus far, and notes that since the mid-1990s, most developing countries have experienced a major reduction of donor funding for family planning on a per woman basis. The report also calls for greater political will to reduce maternal mortality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, where negligible progress has been made so far.