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The 18 August 2014 marked the 500 day milestone to the deadline of the Millennium Development Goals. MDGs 4&5, aimed at reducing child and maternal deaths and improving maternal health, are lagging behind. The World Health Organization ‘s Director General Margaret Chan said: “We should judge the progress in humanity and the progress of any society or country by the way they treat their women and children. They have been lagging behind in the last 20 to 30 years of development. We should give them special attention.” Jason Gale of Bloomberg News speaks with Dr Margaret Chan and Dr Flavia Bustreo about the need to further accelerate progress.

https:////www.bloomberg.com/video/most-dangerous-day-of-life-is-birth-in-africa-JEHXnX_4SzauQnP6ibFqVQ.html
https:////www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-17/most-dangerous-day-of-life-is-birth-as-million-babies-die.html

We are asking you to join partners all over the world to continue the social media conversation about the need to focus on progress and accountability through #commit2deliver

Feel also free to share the news & progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability and highlight the progress of specific countries by sharing the links below, embedded on your #commit2deliver social media push.

News & progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability: https:////who.int/woman_child_accountability/about/COIA_report_2014.pdf?ua=1

Check the #MDGmomentum for Women’s & Children’s Health with infographic: call for action now, and for post 2015.

Viet Nam https:////www.who.int/woman_child_accountability/countries/oms-wca-vietnam-countryprofils-20140806.pdf?ua=1

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