Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health
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The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health is a program of the United Nations
(UN) directed at improving women's and children's health in the developing world.
The program was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
in September 2010. At the time of the announcement, the program was valued at $US40 billion over a five year period, funded by state and private donors, with the UN hoping for more pledges to follow. The object of the program is to save the lives of 16 million people during the period of the program. The implementation of the program will be led by the World Health Organisation, reporting to the UN.
The aid-based program was accompanied by pledges from some developing nations (including Tanzania
and Rwanda
) to increase their own domestic spending on health care. According to the UN, around $8.6 million of the program's funding came from what it described as "low-income countries".
International aid group Oxfam
expressed doubts about the program, including the extent to which its funding was genuinely new.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
(UN) directed at improving women's and children's health in the developing world.
The program was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
in September 2010. At the time of the announcement, the program was valued at $US40 billion over a five year period, funded by state and private donors, with the UN hoping for more pledges to follow. The object of the program is to save the lives of 16 million people during the period of the program. The implementation of the program will be led by the World Health Organisation, reporting to the UN.
The aid-based program was accompanied by pledges from some developing nations (including Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
and Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
) to increase their own domestic spending on health care. According to the UN, around $8.6 million of the program's funding came from what it described as "low-income countries".
International aid group Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
expressed doubts about the program, including the extent to which its funding was genuinely new.
See also
- Muskoka InitiativeMuskoka InitiativeThe Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health is a funding initiative announced at the 36th G8 summit which commits member nations to collectively spend an additional $5 billion between 2010 and 2015 to accelerate progress toward the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 4 and...
- Maternal healthMaternal healthMaternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.Preconception care can include...
- Global healthGlobal healthGlobal health is the health of populations in a global context and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations. Health problems that transcend national borders or have a global political and economic impact, are often emphasized...
- Millennium Development GoalsMillennium Development GoalsThe Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...