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Home About Us News Latest 05/07/2008: Sarah Brown advocates for improved maternal health at the G8 and on World Population Day

05/07/2008: Sarah Brown advocates for improved maternal health at the G8 and on World Population Day

Sarah Brown has continued to speak out strongly in support of the White Ribbon Alliance Maternal Mortality Campaign: Promise to Mothers, delivering passionate speeches at the International Conference of Midwives in June, prior to the G8 in Japan and at the IPPF 11 July World Population Day Reception, which Women and Children First co-sponsored with other UK NGOs. Women and Children First is recognised in the speech as one of the NGOs worldwide working tirelessly to advocate for better access to maternal health.

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