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26/09/2007: Global Drive Launched to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health

A coalition of governments and organisations launched a global drive to decrease maternal and newborn deaths in New York today. The drive is entitled 'Deliver Now for Women + Children'.

This advocacy campaign is the core component of a broader campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals being announced today by the Prime Minister of Norway and other national leaders, including the UK Treasury, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.

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