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MEDIA ADVISORY

Countdown to 2015 partners launch 2008 report on tracking progress in maternal, newborn & child survival  in cooperation with inter-parliamentary union

16 APRIL 2008, Cape Town – Leading global health experts, policy-makers and parliamentarians will gather in Cape Town, South Africa from 17-19 April for the Countdown to 2015 conference and launch of the 2008 report, Tracking Progress in Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival.  The report documents the latest health coverage trends in countries striving to reduce maternal and child deaths.  

According to new findings, few of the 68 developing countries that account for 97% of maternal and child deaths worldwide are making adequate progress to provide critical health care needed to save the lives of women, infants and children. Parliamentarians attending the 118th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Cape Town will join global health experts and policy makers to discuss the role they can play in accelerating action to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on reducing child and maternal mortality. Over 10 million women, newborns and children under five still die each year from causes which are largely preventable and treatable.

The Countdown to 2015 conference will take place at the same time as the 118th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (www.ipu.org), and in advance of G8 Summit discussions on this topic which will be held in Japan in July 2008.
 
 WHAT?  
Press Conference on Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn & Child 
Survival: The 2008 Report and International Conference 
 
WHO? 
  • Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
  • Graca Machel, International Advocate for Women's and Children's Rights
  • Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant Director General, WHO
  • Peter Salama, Chief of Health, UNICEF
  • Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  • Francisco Songane, Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
WHEN? 
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 13:00 pm
 
WHERE?
 
Conference Room, Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa
 
 
Note for editors
Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival is a collaboration among individuals and institutions to track coverage for health interventions needed to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 & 5.
 
Registration
Media who are interested in attending, please fill in the on-line registration form:
Media registration form. (-- link deactivated)
 
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Contact information
 
In Cape Town  
Tunga Namjilsuren                                           
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health                                             
Mobile: +41 79 477 26 78                                
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Ruth Landy
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Mobile: +41 79 441 22 83                                 
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Luisa Ballin                             
Inter-Parliamentary Union         
Mobile: +41 79 649 71 45         
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Maria Djordjevic                                  
Meropa Communications         
Mobile: +27 82 334 6192          
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George Ngwa              
UNFPA                       
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Jessica Malter
UNICEF Media Section
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Olivia Lawe-Davies
WHO  
Dept of Child & Adolescent Health & Development  
Mobile: + 41 792 446 086 086         
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Marie-Agnes Heine
WHO
Dept of Making Pregnancy Safer 
Mobile: + 41 794 495 784
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