7 May 2013 Today, Save the Children launched the fourteenth annual "State of the World’s Mothers" report. It presents an analysis of new data on the riskiest places to be a mother and the most dangerous day of life. The report also highlights successes in providing mothers and their children with essential care, and the critical need to create mother and baby friendly health systems. Please take a moment to read the report and related materials, as well as the official press release below.
9 March 2013 In a meeting co-organized by MCHIP, USAID's Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah met with senior Government of India (GOI) officials—as well as those from six States—to discuss follow up actions being planned by the GoI and state governments to move forward the country’s Call to Action for Child Survival.
Note: MCHIP has awarded a sub-agreement to Development Research Network (D.Net) to support specific service elements of Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) in Bangladesh under the brand name "Aponjon." ***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  12 September 2012 Contacts: Dayle Kern (MAMA), (202) 778-1632, dkern@unfoundation.org Cole Wilson (Fast Company), (212) 389-5420, cwilson@fastcompany.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2012 African Leaders at International AIDS Conference Call for Scaling up Services in East and Southern Africa for Male Circumcision, an Evidence-based HIV Prevention Intervention
PRESS RELEASE  For further information or requests, please contact: Peter Smerdon, UNICEF New York, Tel. + 1212 303 7984, Mobile +1 917 213 5188  psmerdon@unicef.org Sarah Crowe, Spokesperson for the Executive Director, Tel + 1 212 326 7206 scrowe@unicef.org ***************
JOINT NEWS RELEASE NEW YORK, 23 March 2012 – UNICEF and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today launched a high-level commission to improve access to essential but overlooked health supplies that could save the lives of millions of women and children every year.
Global agencies express their commitment to tackling maternal mortality.
Please join MCHIP and the Immunization/Family Planning Integration Working Group in early July for a global online discussion forum highlighting new and emerging field experiences, lessons learned, and opportunities for immunization and family planning integrated service delivery.