World organizations team with UN Secretary General in new effort to save lives of millions of women and children
Organizations serving women, children and people living with HIV such as UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health are coming together with leaders in the NGO community including Family Care International, World Vision International, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, Care, Save the Children, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and countless others to unite in the effort to improve maternal and child health and save the lives of millions of women and children.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a new effort this year, the Joint Action Plan for Women’s and Children’s Health, that builds on existing initiatives to drive integration and synergies, and identifies new commitments to women’s and children’s health from all sectors of society. 2010 has been called a tipping point, a historic year where the world came together to improve the health of women and children. However, HIV and AIDS remains a top killer of women and children around the world.
