How To Improve Maternal Health & Achieve Millennium Development Goal #5?

Women Deliver 2010, a global conference on maternal health, takes place in Washington DC this week, June 7-9, 2010. The theme of the conference is: “Delivering solutions for girls and women”, with a focus on political, economic, social/cultural, and technological solutions. To join the conference via live webcast, check out http://livestream.com/womendeliver or visit envisionGood where we will be featuring the live webcast.

What Is The Mission Of Women Deliver?

Launched at a groundbreaking conference in 2007, Women Deliver works globally to generate political commitment and financial investment for fulfilling Millennium Development Goal #5 — to reduce maternal mortality and achieve universal access to reproductive health. The initiative builds on commitments, partnerships, and networks mobilized at the conference, fighting to end the deluge of preventable deaths that kill between 350,000 – 500,000 girls and women from pregnancy-related causes every year. Women Deliver’s message is that maternal health is both a human right and a practical necessity for sustainable development.

Women Deliver 2010 builds on the success of the Women Deliver 2007 conference during which over 2,000 participants from 115 countries gathered to engage in discussions focused on Women’s and Newborn Health, Promoting Women in the World, Expanding Financial Resources, Advancing Human Rights, and Building Political Will. Participants in 2007 included more than 100 government officials from more than 30 countries. To follow Women Deliver 2010 conversations on Twitter, check out @womendeliver and #wd2010.

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