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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
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Every Woman Every Child

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Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child is a global advocacy campaign that aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015. It seeks to mobilise and intensify international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world - such as by reducing under-5 mortality and infant mortality, maternal mortality, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, and by ensuring that more people are sleeping under a bed net and receiving immunisations.

Communication Strategies

This advocacy effort puts into action the Global Strategy for Women's and Children’s Health [PDF], which presents a roadmap on how to enhance financing, strengthen policy, and improve service on the ground for the most vulnerable women and children. Every Woman Every Child involves forging partnerships, such as amongst business sectors including information and communication technology (ICT)/mobile, media and communications, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, healthcare delivery, and financial services. As an example of an activity carried out through the "commitments" garnered as part of the initiative, mobile health initiatives such as Cell-Life and the D-Tree are using SMS (text messaging) and mobile technology to help patients and health workers. To learn more and to access related resources, visit the Every Woman Every Child website

Development Issues

Maternal and Child Health.

Key Points

According to organisers: "Women's and children's health is fundamental to our hopes for a more prosperous, peaceful and better future. Yet despite incredible advances in medical knowledge, millions of women and young children continue to die from diseases and conditions we know how to prevent and treat. Globally, over 21,000 children under five die every day and, every year, more than 350,000 women die from preventable complications related to pregnancy and birth."

Partners

The Every Woman Every Child effort brings together governments, philanthropic institutions and other funders, the United Nations and other multilateral organisations, civil society and non-governmental organisations, the business community, healthcare workers and professionals, and academic and research institutions from around the world.

Sources

Email from Lisa Russell to The Communication Initiative on September 19 2011; and Every Woman Every Child website, December 2 2011.