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World Population Day 2009 -- Time to Finally Make Maternal Health a Priority

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mdgs, Sexual-and-Reproductive-Health, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, World Population Day, Un, Maternal Health, Guttmacher Institute, World News
Sharon L. Camp

World Population Day serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments must boost investments in global health -- especially the health of mothers.

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A Call for Courage: the Upcoming UN Summit on the Economic Crisis

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mdgs, Global Economy, Financial Crisis, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, Un, Civil Society, g20, Civicus, World News
Kumi Naidoo

The financial and economic crisis is hitting the poor the worst.

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President Obama Recommits to the World's Poor in First Address

Virginia Simmons | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Recommits, Foreign Aid, Hunger, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Inauguration, Clean Water, Millennium Development Goal, Extreme Poverty, Obama, Global Poverty, Poor Nations, Development, Mdgs, One, World News
Virginia Simmons

President Obama clear in his speech the importance of fighting poverty and preventable disease worldwide.

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