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Advances in Maternal and Neonatal Health in Developing Countries
Friday, May 18, 2007
9:30 - 11 am
HC-9 U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, D.C.
Please join Johns Hopkins affiliate JHPIEGO, USAID and the ACCESS Program in conjunction with the
Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues for a panel briefing.
While there has been progress in reducing child mortality and improving maternal health in developing countries, rates of newborn and maternal mortality are still unacceptably high. Afghanistan has the second highest infant mortality rate in the world, with its remote Badakhshan Province having the highest rate ever recorded. Statistics in Africa are also bleak, with Nigeria reporting an infant mortality rate of 100 per 1,000 live births. Important improvements in maternal and newborn health are being made through ACCESS, a USAID-sponsored global initiative. Led by JHPIEGO and its partners (Save the Children, Constella Futures, the Academy for Educational Development, the American College of Nurse-Midwives and Interchurch Medical Assistance), ACCESS works with USAID missions, governments and local communities to expand coverage, access and the use of health services from the household to the hospital. The aim of the program is to make high-quality maternal and newborn health services available as close to the home as possible. ACCESS programs address the most frequent causes of maternal and neonatal death and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals through the expansion of high-impact, evidence-based interventions.
Speakers:
Richard Greene
Director, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
Dr. Koki Agarwal
Director, ACCESS Program
Professor Emmanuel Otolorin
Nigeria
Hannah Gibson
Afghanistan
Dr. Leslie Mancuso
President and CEO, JHPIEGO
RSVP: Ian Demello, mCapitol: Ian.demello@mcapitol.com – 202.296.5354, ext. 240
category: Member Organization News : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 10 May 2007
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