Action for Global Health Brussels partners launched "Just a minute!" MDG 5 campaign

Just a minute! AfGH campaign

AfGH Brussels partners - EPHA, Plan Europe and Stop AIDS Alliance - organised a campaign (interactive advocacy tool - online memory game) and event (photo exhibition) to call for more and urgent action on MDG 5.

Background

In 2000, world leaders committed to reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters before 2015 (i.e., MDG 5). Between 1990 and 2005, the maternal mortality decreased by only 1% and MDG 5 is the most off-track of all MDGs: 536.000 women still die every year although the vast majority of these deaths are preventable by simple measures. These could be taken if effective primary healthcare services were available that were also accessible and low-cost at the same time.

At the 2005 World Summit a new target was added to the MDG 5: to achieve universal access to reproductive health. Disparity in access to delivery care represents the largest equity gap between rich and poor countries, as the most recent United Nations MDG report points out "giving birth safely remains largely a privilege of the rich."

For more information:

 www.actionforglobalhealth.eu
 www.mdg5.eu

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