Mixed Bag for Moms and Babies
Every year, approximately 350,000 mothers die from complications during child birth and 8.8 million children die before their fifth birthday. We are desperately off track to achieving the Millennium Development Goals on child and maternal health and expectations were high for the G8 summit to deliver results.
Yesterday, the G8 announced the Muskoka Initiative on maternal, newborn, and child health. Although Canada deserves some credit for putting maternal and child health in the developing world on the G8 agenda this weekend, world leaders have not done enough to truly turn the tide on this vital issue.
At ONE, we campaigned for a robust maternal and child health initiative at this year’s G8 summit and for it to be accompanied by a concrete accountability framework. We also delivered a petition signed by more than 60,000 of you to world leaders to push them to deliver for the world’s more vulnerable – mothers and children.
While we were disappointed in the total G8 pledge of $5 billion to the Maternal and Child Health Initiative, our efforts elevated this issue, raised awareness, and will raise the bar for world leaders to address this and the other Millennium Development Goals at the UN Summit in September.
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June 28, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Ok, I know this is a long shot, but I challenge Lady GaGa to elevate awareness of this organization, and therefore the women and children and all the potential for greatness that includes.Lady GaGa?!?! I don’t know you personally….but I do admire your body of work. Can we make this work in September and beyond??
July 2, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Grazie per tutto quello che state facendo. Sono madre di due splendide bambine di 1 anno e di 2 anni…e gia da ora dico sempre loro quanto sia importante l’amore e la collaborazione reciproca, quanto sia importante capire che apparteniamo tutti ad una sola terra e che ogniuno di noi dovrebbe avere gli stessi diritti dell’altro…
Vi ringrazio infinitamente perchè state lottando per il nostro futuro, per il futuro dei nostri figli, per il futuro di tutta l’umanità.
Grazie con tutto il mio cuore.
July 13, 2010 at 2:44 am
it is very serious problem mother die die from complications during child birth and 8.8 million children die before their fifth birthday