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UNFPA Leader Appeals for Africa’s Renewal With Better Health, Rights for Women - 28 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
KAMPALA, Uganda —UNFPA’s Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, made a strong appeal for Africa’s renewal through the provision of reproductive health and the promotion of women’s right, at a lecture at Makerere University. She gave the lecture one day after Africa’s leaders committed their governments and the African Union to putting maternal health higher on development agendas. (Source: UNFPA News)

Reproductive Health and Rights: Perspectives for Further Development in Africa - 27 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
"Although reproduction is surrounded by myths and taboos and often shrouded in silence and great privacy, it affects every single human being with a clear impact on the future prospects of individuals, communities and nations," said UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Ms. Obaid gave a lecture at the university on the closing day of the 15th African Union Summit. (Source: UNFPA News)

African Leaders Agree on Ways Forward on Maternal and Child Health - 27 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
KAMPALA, Uganda — The high-level debate which opened in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday on “Promoting Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa, ended this evening with an agreement by Africa’s leaders on an action plan to kick-start the effective implementation of existing resolutions and decisions on maternal, infant and child health in the continent. (Source: UNFPA News)

Africa Union Summit: Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths - Still a Lot to Do - 26 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
KAMPALA, Uganda — The 15th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government opened this morning with a call from leaders to develop the drivers of economic growth so that in turn can adequately fund other pressing needs such as maternal and child health. In his address, Mr. Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda and host of this year’s summit, said that, “we cannot deal with maternal and child health in isolation without dealing with key development factors like job creation, training a critical human resource base and developing infrastructure like roads, railways and generation of sufficient electricity to support industrialization.” (Source: UNFPA News)

African Leaders Set to Take Major Decisions to Stem Maternal Death - 24 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
KAMPALA, Uganda – African leaders began arriving the Ugandan capital yesterday for Sunday’s opening of the 15th Summit Meeting of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government that is set to take far-reaching decisions to tackle maternal and child health problems in Africa. A resolution on the issue received the blessings of the African Union Executive Council (Conference of Foreign Ministers) yesterday after two days of deliberations, thus clearing the way for adoption by Heads of State when they meet here from 25 to 27 July. It will be the first time that African leaders will make maternal and child health the theme of their Summit, indicating the priority they are according the issue. (Source: UNFPA News)

It Makes Business Sense for the Private Sector to Invest in Maternal Health - 23 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Creating new business opportunities in the aftermath of the global economic financial crisis was the title and ambitious expectation of a two-day event, held from 22 to 23 July, organized by the African Private Sector Forum in the run-up to the African Union Summit in Kampala. (Source: UNFPA News)

Stories of Mothers Saved: African Mothers sending messages to Heads of States - 23 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
It is no secret that in Africa, complications during pregnancy and childbirth are one of the leading causes of death for women of childbearing age. An unacceptable number of women die in pregnancy and childbirth each year, and for every woman who dies, at least 20 other suffer injuries, infections and disabilities. This is why maternal health is one of the key issues to be discussed by Heads of States at the 15th African Union Summit taking place in Uganda 19-27th July. (Source: UNFPA News)

Shift, Engage, Share and Speak: Youth Make their Voices Heard - 22 July 2010
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:24:49 +0100 | UNFPA News
ENTEBBE, Uganda — They are huddled together in a group in the midst of an animated discussion to which each has something to contribute. Eager to make her point is Barbara Kyomugisha. At just 24 years old, Barbara is a single mother living with HIV. The contribution she makes towards this discussion is first hand. (Source: UNFPA News)

Africa: It's How You Spend the Money That Saves Lives
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:48:06 +0100 | AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)