Global leaders will unite to transform the way the world addresses maternal health at the Women Deliver Conference in Washington, DC on June 7-9, 2010. On the eve of the G8 Summit, they will call on governments worldwide to invest at least an additional US$12 billion in women’s health and family planning services, to protect the 550,000 women who still die in pregnancy or childbirth each year.
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof have signed on to join other headliners including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US First Lady Michelle Obama, UK First Lady Sarah Brown, Gates Foundation Co-Chair Melinda Gates, maternal health advocate Christy Turlington, and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan who are likely to attend the conference. They will join more than 3,000 other attendees, including heads of state, first ladies from around the world, ministers, donors, activists, and leading journalists to promote women’s health.
Updates
Nicholas Kristof and Arianna Huffington Join Global Leaders to Prompt Investment in Maternal Health
April 6th, 2010
Toronto Star Examines Cost Of Fighting Maternal Mortality, Canada’s G8 Initiative
April 6th, 2010
Experts say that fighting maternal mortality will cost the world a total of $24 billion annually, or an additional $12 billion per year, the Toronto Star wrote in an article about Canada's G8 maternal and child health initiative and Women Deliver.
Jill Sheffield, president of Women Deliver, said, "We know how much it's going to cost to do this. And it's $12-billion additional each year to what we're doing now."