Maternal

Goal 5 of the MDGs: improve maternal health

Deputy UN chief issues calls to African leaders to make maternal health a priority

26 July 2010
Investing in maternal and child health results in outsized benefits, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said, urging African leaders to make the issue a top priority and meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline of drastically improving reproductive care across the continent.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Christy Turlington Burns

UN chief joins model-turned-director in urging greater investment for maternal health

7 July 2010
Secretary-General Ban stressed the need to invest more in the health of women and girls, as he joined former model Christy Turlington Burns for the premiere of her new film documenting the preventable tragedy of maternal mortality.