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Today, April 5, marks the beginning of the 1000 day countdown to the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon sums up the current situation as follows: In the last dozen years, 600 million … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ban Ki Moon, family planning, gender, maternal health, MDG 5, MDGs, post-MDG, UN Foundation, UNFPA
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With maternal mortality estimates published last year by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the United Nations, and the recent neonatal mortality estimates, it became relatively clear that most countries would not meet the ambitions set in Millennium … Continue reading
We posted recently about the success that Morocco has had in reducing its maternal mortality ratio and a recent meeting in Rabat that “brought together leaders in research, policy, and implementation. Participating in the Forum were national and regional health … Continue reading
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Tagged: maternal mortality, MDG 5, Millennium Development Goal 5, MMR, monitoring progress, Morocco
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Morocco has been making strides in reducing its maternal mortality ratio over the past few years. In 2000, the MMR stood at 262 deaths per 100,000 live births, while in 2008 it was 124, a reduction of over 50%. Since … Continue reading
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Tagged: Karen Grepin, maternal mortality, maternal mortality ratio, MDG 5, Millenium Development Goals, Morocco
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Insufficient funding for maternal health has been identified as a major obstacle in achieving MDG5, so the MHTF commissioned Global Heath Visions to conduct a landscaping of all the existing and potential maternal health donors based in the US. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged: donors, funding, Global Health Visions, maternal health, MDG 5
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In the maternal health community, we often refer to Millennium Development Goal 5, which sets the goal of reducing maternal mortality by two-thirds by 2015. It gets used as an advocacy tool, a way to hold donors and governments accountable … Continue reading
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Tagged: advocacy, MDG 5, MDGs, Millennium Development Goal 5, Millennium Development Goals, policy makers
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May 5th is the International Day of the Midwife, a “day is to celebrate midwifery and to bring awareness of the importance of midwives’ work to as many people as possible.” Since the late 1980s the celebration has been … Continue reading
The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the “Global Monitoring Report 2011: Improving the Odds of Achieving the MDGs” late last week, reflecting on the likelihood of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Two-thirds of developing … Continue reading
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Tagged: International Monetary Fund, MDG 5, Millennium Development Goals, World Bank
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We have a new post up on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama. The post, “Lies, Damn Lies and Maternal Mortality Estimates” looks at success at reducing maternal mortality ratios even though many countries are not on track to achieve MDG 5: … Continue reading
This afternoon, starting at 3:00pm EST, maternal health will be the focus of a panel at the 55th Commission on the Status of Women at UN Headquarters in New York. To watch “Elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and … Continue reading
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Tagged: Commission on the Status of Women, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG 5, MDG5, United Nations
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