$370 Million Earmarked for Canadian Organizations to Dramatically Increase Results for Most Vulnerable Mothers, Newborns and Children OTTAWA, November 4, 2014 – Today, Canadian organizations welcomed the news that the […]
The inability to count identify causes of maternal death has been called a “scandal of invisibility”. In 2011, the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) policy was introduced by the […]
The month of June 2014 went down in history for the Kabale community in southwestern Uganda as it saw the grand opening of the Kirigime Maternal and Child Health Hospital. […]
I met a lot of people and shook many hands during the United Nations General Assembly this week. It was an honour to be a delegate at this important event, […]
NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2014 /CNW/ – Today at the United Nations General Assembly, Canada announced its leadership with other partners of a global fund dedicated to saving and improving the lives of mothers […]
While we have made great strides in saving the lives of pregnant women and children, for too many women childbirth is a journey of fear, for their own survival and […]
Last week, the first International Standards to assess fetal growth and newborn size worldwide were published in The Lancet. The standards were developed by the INTERGROWTH 21st Project, a collaboration […]
While Canadians remained focused on the sustainability of our health care system, the need for a renewed focus on vaccines and immunization delivery has never been stronger. With our increasingly […]
By Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, Chief of the Centre for Global Child Health and Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, and Dr. Melanie Barwick, Senior Associate Scientist and Scientific Director […]
When I first heard the numbers I was stunned. It took a while for it to sink in. I had been asked, along with other Canadian NGO leaders, to attend […]
