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The Every Woman Every Child Innovation Working Group Endorses SS-GATE
At the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the Every Woman Every Child Innovation Working Group released its report on "Fostering Healthy Businesses: Delivering Innovations in Maternal and Child Health.
The report is a culmination of extensive research – conducted by Merck for Mothers, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, and the IWG’s Task Force on Sustainable Business Models – on how local businesses are working to improve the health of women and children in developing countries. The report offers recommendations for governments, businesses, investors and other actors to catalyze and support innovative models of healthcare delivery in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable areas.
SS-GATE and its global health track – SS-GHX were recommended in this report as a mechanism to foster the growth of healthy businesses and support the scale-up of innovative solutions for maternal and child health. Reach more here: http://merckformothers.com/docs/Report3Businesses.pdf
SS-GHX is committed to the Every Woman Every Child Initiative
In September 2012, the UN Office for South-South Cooperation, through the South-South Global Health Exchange committed to support the Every Woman, Every Child Initiative. Read more about the SS-GHX commitment here:
http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/commitments/all-commitments/entry/1/278
The Every Woman, Every Child Initiative was launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010. Every Woman Every Child aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015. It is an unprecedented global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world. The effort puts into action the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, which presents a roadmap on how to enhance financing, strengthen policy and improve service on the ground for the most vulnerable women and children.
Help SS-GHX fulfill its commitment by posting your global health needs and solutions and joining our network of country centers and regional hubs.
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The Exchange Board features global health projects that need or provide health solutions, as well as completed projects for possible expansion or replication in other countries. Click on the project title for details about the project. A listing of global health projects is available in our Needs/Solutions page.
