The much-anticipated Women Deliver 2010 conference opened with a rousing call for global action for women’s health. A star-studded line-up of health and development leaders committed themselves and urged others to do more to reduce child and maternal deaths. The rhetoric and passion sounds a lot like the calls we heard fifteen years ago that went unheeded. Today there is a second chance for the world to deliver for women. Will this time be different?
High-level policy commitments of the day:
At the Women Deliver conference, Melinda Gates announced the Gates Foundation will dedicate $1.5 billion in additional funding over the next five years for maternal and child health and that she would make maternal and child health her personal priority as co-chair of the Gates Foundation.
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