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- 28/11/2010: Listen to Juliet Stevenson’s Radio 4 Appeal for Women and Children First
- 10/11/2010: Juliet Stevenson is making a Radio 4 Appeal for Women and Children First – Sun 28 Nov
- 06/10/2010: WCF asks DFID to listen to the voices of women!
- 23/09/2010: UN estimates reveal fewer women dying from pregnancy-related causes
- 23/09/2010: WCF Partner Ekjut in India in the news!
- 23/09/2010: Governments, NGOs and businesses pledge £25.5bn for Women’s and Children’s Health
- 06/09/2010: Two short films demonstrate how you can help make a difference to the lives of women and children
- 02/09/2010: 2010 Global Maternal Health Conference
- 20/08/2010: The First Global Conference on Maternal and Infant Health
- 12/07/2010: New UN Millennium Development Goals report maternal mortality is not falling quick enough to meet MDG5
- 18/06/2010: WCF is recruiting for a new Programmes Manager
- 01/06/2010: WCF 2009 Annual Review
- 12/05/2010: Dying: Millions of women in childbirth, newborns, and young children
- 19/04/2010: Celebrate and Accelerate: Falling Maternal Deaths
- 30/03/2010: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage
- 29/03/2010: NDTV 24/7 India report women's community groups have had a dramatic effect - watch the video
- 10/03/2010: International Development Committee Report on DFID’s Programme in Bangladesh
- 09/03/2010: Support WCF this Mother's Day
- 08/03/2010: International Women's Day: Thousands of pregnant women as much at risk today as 100 years ago
- 08/03/2010: Lancet reports that women's support groups make dramatic improvements on neonatal survival rates
- 01/02/2010: How can child and maternal mortality be cut?
- 30/11/2009: A Manifesto for Motherhood: How the next UK Government can ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe and every child healthy
- 11/11/2009: Undernutrition in mothers and children is a factor in a third of all deaths of children under five.
- 09/11/2009: WHO report on women and health: Today’s Evidence Tomorrow’s Agenda
- 07/10/2009: Global Consensus for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- 07/10/2009: Women Deliver Conference 2010
- 06/10/2009: New WCF endorsed briefing cards: "“Focus on 5: Women’s Health and the MDGs”
- 28/09/2009: At least 10 million people in developing nations, including Malawi, will get access to free health care, in an aid deal spearheaded by UK PM Gordon Brown.
- 22/09/2009: Women and Children First asks the World Bank President to support free health care for women and children
- 08/07/2009: WRA launches Atlas of Birth in time for G8
- 07/07/2009: WCF asks the Government for a currency trading tax to help women and children in the poorest communities
- 18/06/2009: Governments commit to improving the wellbeing and rights of women and girls in a landmark resolution
- 10/06/2009: UNICEF reports on the impact of the economic crisis on women and children in South Asia
- 18/05/2009: World AIDS Vaccine Day
- 04/05/2009: Caring Talk Saves Lives - Press Release
- 19/01/2009: Women and Children First to benefit from V-Day performances
- 16/01/2009: UNICEF reports on the extreme risks for pregnant women and newborns in developing countries.
- 24/10/2008: Action call over maternal deaths
- 15/08/2008: Legacy of Sorrow in Malawi.
- 29/07/2008: DFID Launch Maternal Health Strategy Progress Report
- 08/07/2008: G8 emphasises improved maternal and child health as a key outcome
- 05/07/2008: Sarah Brown advocates for improved maternal health at the G8 and on World Population Day
- 03/07/2008: World Population Day
- 27/06/2008: Medicine for Mothers
- 05/06/2008: Human Rights Council affirms its commitment to women's rights
- 05/05/2008: International Day of the Midwife
- 15/04/2008: Maternal & Newborn Health - Call to Action
- 06/03/2008: Sarah Brown Speaks at WCF Workshop
- 06/03/2008: Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
- 05/03/2008: WCF & Patners win Big Lottery Strategic Grant
- 27/02/2008: Early Day Motion Tabled for International Women's Day
- 19/01/2008: Women and Children First Workshop - Global maternal, newborn and child health
- 17/01/2008: Women and Children First Newsletter
- 10/12/2007: International Human Rights Day
- 20/10/2007: Ministers Pledge to Make MDG5 a High Priority at Women Deliver
- 12/10/2007: Lancet Series 'Women Deliver" Launched
- 12/10/2007: New Figures Show MDG 5 is Not on Track
- 11/10/2007: WCF Volunteers at Women Deliver Conference
- 09/10/2007: UN General Assembly Approves Reproductive Health Targets and Indicators
- 26/09/2007: Global Drive Launched to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
- 11/07/2007: World Population Day - Men As Partners for Maternal Health
- 07/07/2007: Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries
- 19/06/2007: New WCF Chief Executive
- 06/06/2007: International Development Select Committee Inquiry into Maternal Health
- 01/06/2007: DFID’s Maternal Health Strategy: Second Progress Report
- 20/04/2007: WCF attends the PMNCH Partner Forum, Tanzania
- 18/03/2007: Mother’s Day celebration: Global Plan of Action
- 22/01/2007: Dr Chan advocates for improved female health
- 01/12/2006: PMNCH publishes 'Opportunities for African's newborns'
- 28/09/2006: The launch of the Lancet Maternal Survival Series
- 15/06/2006: WCF attends meeting on strengthening health systems in poor countries
- 01/03/2006: Breastfeeding within an hour of a birth saves newborn lives
- 15/12/2005: WCF has been awarded an extension to its Bangladesh programme by the Big Lottery Fund
- 30/11/2005: WCF has recently been awarded a three-year grant from the Health Foundation to implement a programme in Malawi
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- McDonald R. (2008) Legacy of Sorrow. Developments 42:38
- Maternal and Newborn-care Practices during Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Postnatal Period: A Comparison in Three Rural Districts in Bangladesh
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- Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial
- Economic Assessment of a women's group intervention to improve birth outcomes in rural Nepal
- Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health
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- Women’s groups’ perceptions of maternal health issues in rural Malawi
- The World Health Report 2005: make every mother and child count
- State of the World's Mothers 2006: Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns
- Road Map for Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in Malawi
- Reducing maternal deaths: Evidence and action
- Men as Partners for Maternal Health
- How to Reduce Maternal Deaths: rights and responsibilities
- Global Plan of Action to reduce maternal and newborn deaths
- DFID's Maternal Health Strategy: Third Progress Report
- DFID's Maternal Health Strategy: Second Progress Report
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- The Healthy Newborn - A Reference Manual for Program Managers
- Saving Newborn Lives: Tools for Newborn Health
- Opportunities for Africa's Newborns: Practical data, policy and programmatic support for newborn care in Africa
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- Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality
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- Thousands of Pregnant Women as much at risk as they were 100 years ago
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- Investing in Our Common Future: Healthy Women, Healthy Children
- HRC Resolution on maternal mortality adopted 17 June 2009
- First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage
- Anderson T (2010) How can child and maternal mortality be cut? BMJ 340:c431
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- Midwives, Mothers, Mortality - Frances Day-Stirk
- Emergency Obstetric Care to Save Women’s Lives - Nynke van den Broek - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Saving Lives
Over a quarter of a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
