Vector Issue 12 - 2011

Results from the UN MDG summit:
At the UN MDG Summit 20-22 September 2010
the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s
Health was launched 16 . This document encourages
governments, NGOs, universities, health workers,
philanthropists and business partners to join forces
to integrate and scale-up interventions and services
proven to work. It emphasizes supporting country-led
health plans, delivering packages of integrated care
and building capacity in health workforces.
More investment is needed to meet MDG5 - US
26 billion dollars in 2011. More than 40 million
dollars was pledged at the summit. If implemented
successfully, the strategy will provide access to
modern contraception for 43 million more women,
and enable 19 million more women to deliver their
children safely, with a skilled birth attendant by 2015.
This will prevent 33 million unwanted pregnancies,
and save 570,000 women who would have otherwise
died of birth or pregnancy complications.
The 6 countries in which half the
maternal deaths in 2008 occurred, with
number of national maternal deaths (in
1000s) 3 68.3%
15.4%
18.2%
20%
36.7%
20.1%
www.ghn.amsa.org.au
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