Canada has announced its commitment of an additional $3.5
billion for global maternal, newborn and child health, beyond 2015, a
gesture that is making the country to lead the charge to ensure that the
World Bank meets its own commitment to improve maternal health and
reduce child mortality.
This was disclosed by the President of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, in his speech at the just concluded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit in Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Kim also said that the 2010 Muskoka G8 Declaration was a pivotal moment in securing high-level political support for maternal, newborn and child health, stressing that Canada’s leadership and commitment was critical for all our current efforts.
“And Muskoka, in turn, paved the way for the Every Woman, Every Child partnership, to scale up global advocacy and support for women’s and children’s health,” he added.
According to the World Bank president: “Over six million children under age five died in 2012 – that’s nearly 18,000 every day. The maternal and child mortality rates in the least developed countries are about 30 times those in high-income countries, with half the global burden in sub–Saharan Africa.
“It doesn’t have to be this way. A baby in Cameroon and a baby in Canada should have the same opportunity to be born safely, and to have her mother survive childbirth to care for her.”
This was disclosed by the President of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, in his speech at the just concluded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit in Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Kim also said that the 2010 Muskoka G8 Declaration was a pivotal moment in securing high-level political support for maternal, newborn and child health, stressing that Canada’s leadership and commitment was critical for all our current efforts.
“And Muskoka, in turn, paved the way for the Every Woman, Every Child partnership, to scale up global advocacy and support for women’s and children’s health,” he added.
According to the World Bank president: “Over six million children under age five died in 2012 – that’s nearly 18,000 every day. The maternal and child mortality rates in the least developed countries are about 30 times those in high-income countries, with half the global burden in sub–Saharan Africa.
“It doesn’t have to be this way. A baby in Cameroon and a baby in Canada should have the same opportunity to be born safely, and to have her mother survive childbirth to care for her.”
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