Every Woman Every Child
Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015. It is an unprecedented global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world. The effort puts into action the Global Strategy for Women's and Children;s Health, which presents a roadmap on how to enhance financing, strengthen policy and improve service on the ground for the most vulnerable women and children.
More information at http://www.everywomaneverychild.org
Note: The below list is a work in progress. For full details, please visit the website of Every Woman Every Child.
Total initiatives:
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Intel plans to collaborate with governments, private industry, development community, and academia to launch in-country programs that help address the educational needs of at least one million front-line healthcare workers by 2015 Intel Corporation Intel Corporation will empower front-line healthcare workers with educational tools. computer literacy skills, and the latest computer and internet technologies. Intel will also share its healthcare e...
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ITM,A commits to promoting women and children's health Institute for Tropical Medicine, Antwerp By promoting research, education and services in the field of tropical medicine and health care in low and middle income countries. ITM,A will also help to set up a new Research Center in Women's & Ch...
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LifeSpring Hospital commits to expanding their maternal health hospital network to 100 new facilities between 2011 and 2015 in 7 cities in India LifeSpring Hospitals of India By using market-based approach and provide high quality health care to lower-income women and children in India. ...
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Nestlé commits to expanding nutrition education to teenage girls in all its milk villages in India to help increase their knowledge about good nutrition and healthy diets Nestlé S.A. By expanding nutrition education to teenage girls in India and to help increase their knowledge about good nutrition and healthy diets. Nestlé will also expand its training of women to be door to door...
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The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition commits, through its launch of the HAND to HAND Campaign, to achieve 100 million new modern contraceptive users by 2015 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition By encouraging them and the broader health and development communities to commit resources, scale up services, provide supplies and advocate reaching this goal....
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WaterAid aims to ensure access to improved sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water for a further 25 million people by 2015 WaterAid By influencing the policies and practices of governments and service providers we hope to reach a further 100 million people. WaterAid will: promote and secure poor people's rights and access to safe ...
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(RED) commits to driving corporate sector engagement in the fight for an AIDS Free Generation by 2015 (RED) By provide financial resources fund for public health services. For additional information, please refer to the website,
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Abdul Monem Limited commits to raise awareness of malnutrition and provide free vitamins Abdul Monem Limited By raising awareness of malnutrition and provide free vitamins. Establishing partnership with the Nutrition Department of Dhaka University. ...
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Afghanistan to increase public spending on health Afghanistan Through strategies such as increasing the number of midwives from 2400 to 4556 and increasing the proportion of women with access to emergency obstetric care to 80%
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Australia will invest around US$1.5 billion (A$1.6 billion) over the five years to 2015 on interventions evidence shows will improve maternal and child health outcomes Australia By expanding access to family planning and vaccination services, funding skilled health workers....
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