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22 Additionally, the Safe Motherhood Inter- Agency Group meeting on unsafe abortion, held in Kuala Lumpur in September 2003, generated national attention in Malaysia, where Bernama (the Malaysian National Press Agency) published an article that was made available via the Financial Times’s Global News Wire and reprinted in at least four newspapers around the world. Lessons Learned The prominence of the MDGs in the media presents an important opportunity to ensure that MDG-related press highlights safe motherhood. To this end, it is important to consider special MDG press outreach focused on maternal health. Such outreach could include media-friendly case studies of success and challenge countries.
VV Development and Donor Agency Commitment Since the launch of the SMI in 1987, the landscape of agencies working in the field of maternal and child health has changed significantly. The number of development agencies with dedicated safe motherhood programs has grown dramatically, and safe motherhood has received increasing priority. Donor agencies’ funding commitments to safe motherhood have also risen, in response to international mandates such as ICPD and the MDGs. However, funding remains inadequate to achieve the Initiative’s goals. A review of organizations and agencies working in health and development just prior to the launch of the Safe Motherhood Initiative in 1987 revealed that few (approximately six agencies) had specific programs focusing on maternal health. In 1992, five years after the SMI launch, the number of agencies with safe motherhood as a priority increased to 26 (including multilateral organizations) as part of an analysis conducted in preparation of a meeting of Partners for Safe Motherhood, which reviewed progress and prospects for safe motherhood between 1987 and 1992. 26 The agencies that had identified safe motherhood as a priority issue around the 1987 conference included: • The World Bank: As one of the longest and most consistent supporters of the global Initiative, the Bank has used its financial clout to increase investment in maternal health policies and programs. In the ten years following the SMI launch in Nairobi, World Bank–funded projects for safe motherhood increased substantially—from ten to 150 projects. 27 The Bank has also been a critical partner in the Safe Motherhood Inter-Agency Group, through its periodic role as chair and its financial support of the secretariat. • The World Health Organization: As one of the co-sponsors of the Nairobi Safe Motherhood Conference, the World Health Organization (WHO) has long identified safe motherhood as a core priority area. WHO has provided technical leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs to governments, and has worked in collaboration with NGOs and health professional groups, among others, to strengthen the provision of maternal health services. The clinical guidelines, policy briefs, training modules, and research reports and methodologies it has produced on maternal health have been widely used and adapted. • UNFPA: Following the ICPD in 1999, UNFPA’s focus on maternal health increased dramatically. Its current strategy for preventing maternal mortality includes family planning to reduce unintended pregnancies; skilled care at all births; and emergency obstetric care for women who develop complications. At the country level, safe motherhood features prominently in UNFPA’s programs, and the agency’s experience working in safe motherhood in over 140 countries has provided a wealth of programming lessons for the maternal health community. 26 Otsea K. Progress and Prospects: The Safe Motherhood Initiative 1987–1992. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1992. 27 Safe Motherhood and the World Bank: Lessons from 10 Years of Experience. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1999. 2
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Tanzania Situated on the east coast
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Tanzania the delivery of primary he
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Tanzania Strategy for Reproductive
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Tanzania Sectors category, along wi
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