Women Deliver, a landmark global conference, will be held in Washington DC on June 7-9, 2010 to halt the needless deaths of over 500,000 girls and women who die every year during pregnancy and childbirth, and the four million newborn babies. These tragic deaths are a major contributor to poverty around the world, and can be easily prevented with effective, low-cost investments.
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Conferencia Women Deliver genera nuevos compromisos
October 20th, 2007
LONDRES, 20 de octubre –Nuevas e importantes promesas para invertir en la salud de las mujeres fueron hechas hoy por donantes, funcionarios de gobierno, empresas, fundaciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales al cerrarse la histórica conferencia Women Deliver, la que buscó generar el nivel de compromiso político y de inversiones necesario para reducir las muertes y discapacidades vinculadas a los embarazos en todo el mundo.
La Conférence Les Femmes Donnent la Vie lance de nouveaux engagements
October 20th, 2007
LONDRES, le 20 octobre – A l’occasion des sessions de clôture de la conférence Les Femmes Donnent la Vie, un événement sans précédent dont le but était de mobiliser la volonté et les investissements des politiques pour la réduction des maladies et des handicaps liés à la grossesse à travers le monde, des donateurs, représentants gouvernementaux, corporations, fondations et organisations non gouvernementales ont pris de nouveaux engagements forts en faveur de la santé des femmes.
Women Deliver Conference Launches New Commitments
October 20th, 2007
LONDON, Oct. 20 – Strong new pledges of commitment to invest in women’s health came from donors, government officials, corporations, foundations and non-governmental organizations today at closing sessions of the landmark Women Deliver conference, which sought to mobilize political will and investment to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and disabilities worldwide.
It Was Twenty Years Ago This Month…
February 13th, 2007
NEW YORK, February 13, 2007 – The pioneering Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) is 20 years old this month. The global movement of activists, researchers, health experts, development professionals and policy-makers began at a 1987 conference in Nairobi, Kenya, with the goal of cutting maternal deaths worldwide in half by 2000.