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Every Mother Counts Staff
September 29, 2012
Every Mother Counts’ Big CGI/UN Week
We juggled events at the Clinton Global Initiative and around the United Nations meetings this week, attending panel discussions and lectures, catching up with old friends, renewing acquaintances and finally putting faces to names and relationships we’ve been developing all year. This week was equal parts reunion, refresher course and educational intensive that served to reboot our commitment to expanding maternal health. It also showed us we’re on the right track and re-inspired us to keep moving forward. Pour yourself some coffee, this week was intense. Here’s a summary of some of the highlight events we attended.
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Erin Thornton
June 14, 2012
Every Mother Counts Executive Director Travels to Uganda and Zambia with Saving Mothers, Giving Life Partners
Supporters of Every Mother Counts know that we have one main goal—to engage and enlist more individuals in a movement to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality globally. Therefore, we were excited to learn that the U.S. State Department's Global Health Initiative (GHI) wanted to partner with us.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
June 14, 2012
Saving Mothers, Giving Life Fact Sheet
Saving Mothers, Giving Life was launched with the goal of supporting countries where women are dying at alarming rates during pregnancy and childbirth to aggressively reduce maternal mortality. The effort intends to help mothers during labor, delivery, and the first 24 hours postpartum – the period when two out of every three maternal deaths and 45% of newborn deaths occur. Work is beginning in countries where maternal mortality rates are disproportionately high, starting in Uganda and Zambia.
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Christy Turlington Burns
May 25, 2012
What Lies Ahead for the Maternal Health Community
Last week, the maternal health community received some positive news. According to a new report released by the World Health Organization, the number of women who died from pregnancy and childbirth complications dropped to 287,000 in 2010 -- a steep decline from the 358,000 maternal deaths reported in 2008. This progress is a testament to the committed actions of the maternal health community. However, these latest statistics also point to the fact that much work lies ahead. The world is still far off track to meet UN Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5), which calls for a 75 percent reduction in the maternal mortality rate by 2015.
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Christy Turlington Burns
September 19, 2011
Christy's Diary: Day One of UN GA Week
Ah New York in the fall. The air is crisp, the kids are excited to be back in school and I get my own back to school week when the world comes to town for the UN General Assembly. It's sort of a strange phenomenon- the UN GA provides a great opportunity to reflect on global leaders' commitments to a number of development challenges including maternal health- but it also means that many other organizations hold events that compete for heads of state and other notables which makes for a very FULL week seeing everyone working on similar issues.
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