Background Papers

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1 - The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 [PDF]
The world has made strong and sustained progress in reducing extreme poverty, but this is now being undercut by higher prices - particularly of food and oil - and the global economic slowdown, according to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals Report 2008.

2 - Convention on the Rights of the Child [PDF]
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989.

3 - Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution
and child pornography

4 - The Dheli Declaration on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
The vision and goals of The Partnership were outlined in "The Delhi Declaration" – a landmark statement developed by participants of "Lives in the Balance: The Partnership Meeting for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health", held in New Delhi, India, April 7-9, 2005.
Arabic - Chinese - English - Français - Russian

5 - The Partnership for maternal, newborn and child health -
Conceptual and Institutional Framework(CI&F) [PDF]
The Partnership works within internationally-agreed frameworks, including the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) Platform for Action, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the United Nations Special Session on Children, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Partnership approved its Conceptual and Institutional Framework and Guiding Principles in December 2005.

6 - The Partnership 2008 Value-Added Workplan
Part 1 - Part 2

7 - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Neonatal Helth within the Continuum of Maternal, Newborn and Child Care [PDF]
48th Directing Council - 60th Session of the Regional Committee - Pan America Health Organization

8 - Reducing Maternal Deaths - The Challenge of the New Millennium in the African Region [PDF]
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Regional Office for Africa - Division of Family and Reproductive Health

9 - Strategic directions for accelerating the reduction of maternal mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean

10 - Government budgets and financing gender equality and women’s empowerment [PDF]

11 - Who's got the power? Transforming health systems for women and children - Millennium Project - Child Health and Maternal Health Task-force.

12 - Engaging for health - Eleventh general programme of work, 2006-2015. A global health agenda. World Health Organization.
English - Français - Spanish - Russian - Arabic - Chinese

13 - Strategic Plan 2008-2012 [PDF]
Official document no 328 - Pan America Health Organization.

14 - Who answers to Women? [PDF]
Progress of the World's Women - 2008/2009 Report UNIFEM

15 - Women Deliver for Development [PDF]
Women Deliver Conference 2007

16 - Impact on economic growth of investing in maternal–newborn health - The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the evidence of the impact on economic growth of investments in maternal–newborn health (MNH).