Improving health of women, children ‘moral imperative’ – Ban | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

Lauding the gains made in improving the health of women and children worldwide, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for renewed commitment and action to sustain the unprecedented progress made in this area in partnership with governments, civil society, the private sector, philanthropists and international organizations.

“For the first time ever, we have the opportunity to end all preventable deaths of women and children within a generation,” Mr. Ban said at the ‘Every Woman Every Child’ event held at UN Headquarters on the margins of the General Assembly’s high-level debate.

“Let us seize this historic opportunity as a moral imperative. It is also one of the smartest investments we can make.”

Launched by the Secretary-General in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015.

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