This is a past event
From Pledges to Action is a high-level political event to consolidate commitments and accelerate progress towards MDGs 4 and 5. Over three days in November, approximately 700 health and development ministers, senior government and UN officials, donors, health care professionals, civil society representatives and academics from around the world will strategize on supporting the commitments made to the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched by the UN Secretary-General at the MDG Summit in September.
Three main programming themes will be explored at the Forum:
- Voices and Accountability: Enabling families and communities to be heard on maternal, newborn and child health issues, and ensuring accountability of all stakeholders.
- Innovation for Scaling Up: Highlighting innovation in MNCH - political, financial, delivery of interventions, technology. Success stories will be featured.
- Engaging All Actors: Expanding partnerships beyond the MNCH community to include other health communities (HIV/AIDs, malaria), as well as other sectors that determine MNCH outcomes (water and sanitation, nutrition, education, gender, etc.)
Events
Events will begin on Friday 12 November with side events, site visits and an evening reception. The meeting will be inaugurated on the morning of Saturday 13 November, to be followed by keynote speeches, plenaries and breakout sessions through the day and through Sunday 14 November. The Forum will close on the evening of Sunday 14 November, India's Children's Day and the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Background
In 2010, the global community is two-thirds of the way to the target of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Over the past decade many countries have taken significant steps towards reaching the MDGs, but there is need for renewed energy and commitment in this last mile, particularly as related to achieving MDGs 4 & 5.
In 2010, many high-level meetings have emphasized the importance of maternal, newborn and child health, including the G8 summit in June, the African Union Summit on MNCH, and the MDG Summit/UN General Assembly in September.
The Partners' Forum in New Delhi in November 2010 is to recap commitments pledged through this important year and provide a platform for developing strategies and networks that promote accountability for those pledges. The program of the Forum will build on the MNCH Consensus and Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health by featuring success stories in financing, delivery and accountability, identifying innovative strategies, policies and programs that can be scaled up for change.
The meeting in Delhi is significant also as it is five years after the 2005 Lives in the Balance conference, at which the Delhi Declaration was launched and The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) was born. Today PMNCH has more than 300 partner organizations including governments, multilateral organizations, donors and foundations, civil society organizations, health care professionals' associations, and academic, research and training communities. This will be the second full meeting of PMNCH partners, following the first Partners' Forum in Dar es Salaam in April 2007.
Contacts
- pmnch@who.int - Partners' Forum - Attention Ms Dalia Susini
- Ms Gayatri Nandra - E-mail: gayatrinandra@hotmail.com
http://www.who.int/pmnch/events/2010/20101113_14_pmnch_governance/en/index.html
- Speaker
- Various
- Hosted by
- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
- Venue
- New Delhi, India