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Fouré Sala (25) with her youngest son Djabirou (7 months old). Fouré lives in the village of Tounga Makoki in Niger© Ida Sem Fossvik/CARE
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The UN Millennium Development Goals Summit (High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly) will be held on 20-22 September 2010 in New York. The aim of the Summit is to accelerate progress towards all the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) by 2015 through a comprehensive review of progress and agreement on an Action Agenda for Achieving the MDGs.
In 2000, global leaders made a promise to reduce poverty throughout the developing world by committing to the MDGs. Of all the MDGs, goals 4 and 5, to improve the health of women and children, are most off track. As the final push to the MDG deadline begins, donor and developing country governments must take decisive action. The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched by the United Nations Secretary General in August 2010, calls on governments to demonstrate the critical leadership needed on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) over the next five years. Not only will additional investment in health interventions save lives, supporting healthy families will provide for healthy economies and future global prosperity.
CARE International and partner organisations call on governments across the world to show leadership by undertaking the bold commitments and new approaches needed to accelerate progress on maternal and child health. Each year, millions of women and children continue to die from preventable causes. But it is up to donor and developing country governments alike to support the necessary interventions to make global promises a reality in a mutually accountable and transparent fashion.
Read CARE's final press release: The talks are over. It's time for action.
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Read CARE’s case study on maternal health in Peru.
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