Tag Archives: maternal health

UN Conference a timely reminder

by niall on 31. Aug, 2010 in NGO releases

As thousands of delegates around the world converge on Melbourne for the United Nations 63rd Annual NGO Conference on Global Health, The Global Poverty Project is calling for an increased commitment to the two lagging Millennium Development Goals.

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Media program – Tuesday 31 August

by niall on 31. Aug, 2010 in Media resources

8am ROUNDTABLE 2: Equity, Rights and Progress towards the MDGs UN BRIEFING ROOM, room 213 Speakers: Cathey Falvo, moderator (USA) Dea Delaney-Thiele (Australia) Jane Freemantle (Australia) Thelma Narayan (India) Claudio Schuftan (Chile) Contact: Gail

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Deakin Three Minute thesis competition winner calls for tripling of aid to Myanmar

by niall on 31. Aug, 2010 in Other releases

Australia could double or triple its aid funding to Myanmar (Burma) – and thus further help its poverty-stricken people – without compromising its political ideals, a Deakin University PhD candidate and the winner of Deakin University’s Three Minute Thesis believes.

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RCNA welcomes UN call for better maternal and child health

by niall on 31. Aug, 2010 in Other releases

Royal College of Nursing Australia has supported United Nations calls for increased effort to improve maternal and child health. At today’s opening of the 63rd United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organisation (DPI/NGO) Conference, held in Melbourne, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the world is well behind meeting targets for maternal and child health outlined [...]

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World Vision: health-related aid spending in the region requires ‘dramatic overhaul’ if more lives are to be saved

by niall on 30. Aug, 2010 in NGO releases

On the eve of a Melbourne meeting between the UN and hundreds of charities to discuss the state of global health, World Vision CEO Tim Costello has warned that children in the Pacific region are dying at rates not seen in Australia ‘since before Federation’. Mr Costello said if the Millennium Development Goals for child [...]

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United Nations invites Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation to ‘Advance Global Health’

by niall on 27. Aug, 2010 in NGO releases

Australia will host a major annual United Nations Conference on global health issues. The 63rd UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organisation Conference will be held in Melbourne from 30 August to 1 September 2010. This is the first time Australia has hosted a UN event of this size and only the third time this Conference [...]

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