G8 Parliamentarians’ Conference: Women’s Health to Become Priority on the G8 Agenda
 

Two weeks before the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy, more than 60 Parliamentarians from the G8-countries, Asia and Africa, gathered for the fifth annual G8 International Parliamentarians’ Conference, held in Rome, Italy, from June 22nd-23rd 2009, to call upon the G8-countries to keep their commitments towards improving global health notwithstanding the current financial crisis. The parliamentarians concluded with a very strong and forward-looking statement, entitled the "Parliamentary Appeal to G8 Heads of State and Government" which will be delivered to the G8 Heads of State and Government.

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Mother's Night a big success in five European countries

Events and actions on Mother's Night on the 9th of May by SRHR advocates in five participating European member states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Malta, Hungary and Germany) turned out to be very successful. DSW, as part of a project led by the World Population Foundation (WPF) of the Netherlands, contributed to this year's Mother's night, helping to raise awareness on maternal health among Members of the European Parliament and EU officials. In Berlin, DSW and its partners presented a call for action to Karin Kortmann, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Find out more about DSW's work on EU level.

DSW Provides Recommendations at G8 Health Experts Meeting in Italy

DSW, acting on behalf of EuroNGOs, participated in the G8 2nd 2009 Health Experts Meeting in Venice on March 27th, and urged the G8 to specify concrete actions and a timeline to implement its commitments in support of the health MDGs, especially MDG 5. DSW emphasized the need for the G8 and partner country governments to have a fully funded budget line for provision of SRH information, services and supplies in developing countries; for health system strengthening initiatives to build efficient and sustainable supply chains for procurement and distribution of RH supplies and to assure that the Global Fund produces accountable results for integration of RH with HIV/AIDS and malaria programming.

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