New Reproductive Health MDG Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals As reported by UNFPA: The General Assembly has  completed its consideration, and took note, of the Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, which contains the revised MDG framework incorporating the target on universal access to RH by 2015 as well as the three new targets and related indicators (pages 66-70 of the report A/62/1). The report can be accessed online by following this link. Read more...   Call to stop cervical cancer Latest News Commat has signed on to the call to stop cervical cancer to ensure that life-saving new technologies to prevent cervical cancer reach women and girls around the world without delay, because:  Cervical cancer, a disease caused by infection with some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), affects half a million women globally every year. Globally, more than a quarter of a million women die from cervical cancer every year.  Due to gross disparities between wealthy and poor countries in access to screening and treatment, more than 80% of the cases and deaths from cervical cancer occur in developing countries, making it the most common cancer-related cause of death for women in these countries. Powerful new tools, including HPV vaccines are being developed that have the potential to significantly reduce the burden of cervical cancer around the world, improve reproductive health, and save millions of women's lives.  Only a comprehensive prevention strategy that pairs cervical cancer vaccination with screening and treatment programmes will reverse the threat of cervical cancer to women and girls worldwide.  We are aware, however, that current HPV vaccines act against only two or four subtypes which are responsible for about 75% of cases. Data from some Asian countries indicate that these subtypes occur in only about 50% of cases. For further information http://www.cervicalcanceraction.org/

The Right To Health Toolkit Right to Health The Right To Health: A Toolkit For Health Professionals The toolkit is designed to provide practical, realistic guidance for health professionals on the meaning and implications of the right to health.  It is aimed at an international audience of health care workers and is designed to be rooted in everyday practice. Keynote speaker, Mary Robinson, welcomed the toolkit as “a significant step in a gradual recognition that treating health as a human right is practical, operational and adds value.”    Right to Health Toolkit 137.70 Kb   Commonwealth Health Ministers Questionnaire, May 2007 Latest News How sexual and reproductive health programmes are allocated budget in healthcare finance systems We would like to invite you to take part in the following survey. The results of which will be used in a short publication on financing of sexual and reproductive health programmes in developing Commonwealth countries that Commat will be producing this year. We would appreciate it if you would complete the questionnaire and return it to: Commonwealth Medical Trust BMA HouseTavistock Square London WC1H 9JP tel: +44 1689 878327 fax: +44 1689 890609 Alternatively it can be sent to you electronically by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Thank you very much for your time and cooperation. Marianne Haslegrave Director     Commonwealth Medical Trust   Questionanire 184.76 Kb   Speech by Baroness Royall: New target, new prospects: future direction for MDG5 on maternal health Commat Events Speech made by Baroness Royall Commonwealth Medical Trust (COMMAT) in collaboration with the British Medical Association (BMA) One day conference on: “New target, new prospects: future direction for MDG 5 on maternal health” I’d like to begin by thanking COMMAT and the BMA for organising this important meeting. Gareth Thomas MP – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development – had been invited to give this keynote address but unfortunately is unable to attend due to other commitments. However, as you know maternal health is an issue that the UK government is deeply committed to and I am delighted that Gareth has asked me to address you on his behalf. Read more...   Presentations - New target, new prospects: future directions for MDG5 on maternal health conference Commat Events Presentations made a the one-day conference organized by the Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat) in collaboration with the British Medical Assocation  Read more...   New target, new prospects: future directions for MDG5 on maternal health Commat Events A one-day conference organized by the Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat) in collaboration with the British Medical Assocation  Black Suite, BMA House, Tavistock Square,  London, WC1H 9JP Tuesday 27 March 2007  Background  Following the adoption of the Millennium Declaration in 2000, eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were elaborated for its implementation by 2015. MDG5 on maternal health is one of three directly concerned with health, the others being MDG4 on child mortality and MDG6 on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. The target for the implementation of MDG5 was defined as  ‘to reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio’, and two indicators were identified for monitoring -- one on reducing the maternal mortality ratio and the other on the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel. At this time, which is nearly at the mid-point of the time for implementation, it is unlikely that the target will be achieved in many developing countries. Read more...   Rebuilding Umar’s villages — one year on Latest News The first snow of the winter has fallen in the Mansehra District of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan and Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK), 14 months after the devastating earthquake struck killing at least 70,000 (but more likely 100,000) people. While our lives have moved on, those who lost their homes, their husbands or wives,  or their children are still coming to terms with the realities and are still trying to rebuild their shattered lives. As Commat’s Director, I visited several of the ‘villages’ or towns in the NWFP that were most severely affected earlier this year. Balakot, which was close to the epi-centre of the earthquake, has been declared a ‘red zone’ and will not be re-built. Its surviving inhabitants, 30 percent of the pre-quake population of 50,000, have been dispersed to other areas. In the other villages the survivors of the quake are still living in tents and are now facing their second winter under canvas. Read more...   Global strategy aims for effective malaria vaccine by 2025 WHO News 4 DECEMBER 2006 | BANGKOK -- A report by the world's leading international health organizations today calls for joint action to accelerate the development and licensing of a highly effective malaria vaccine. The Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap, a new global strategy, is being launched today in Bangkok at the Global Vaccine Research Forum which is taking place from 3 to 6 December. "Having a highly protective malaria vaccine and putting it into widespread use in affected areas would be a true achievement for public health. It would fulfill an urgent need,” said Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, Director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization (WHO). "The Roadmap marks the first concerted global attempt at mapping out a shared plan of action for making a preventive malaria vaccine reality." Read more...   UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006 AIDS The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. With maps and regional summaries, the 2006 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and human toll, explores new trends in the epidemic’s evolution. Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2006    Opportunities for Africa's newborns WHO News New report shows improvements in child survival in Africa for the first time since the 1980s — but more than a million African babies still die in the first month of life  22 NOVEMBER 2006 | JOHANNESBURG/GENEVA -- Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most dangerous region in the world for a baby to be born — with 1.16 million babies dying each year in the first 28 days of life — but six low-income African countries, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, have made significant progress in reducing deaths among newborn babies, according to a new report published today. The report, Opportunities for Africa’s newborns, brings together new data and analysis from a team of 60 authors and nine international organizations from the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, (PMNCH). The Partnership represents developing and donor countries, non-governmental agencies, foundations and multi-lateral organizations, including the World Health Organization.* Read more...   Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General WHO News Organization's work to be judged by impact on the people of Africa and on women  9 NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China will be the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). After her appointment, she told the World Health Assembly she wanted to be judged by the impact WHO's work has on the people of Africa and on women across the globe. In her acceptance speech, Dr Chan said: "what matters most to me is people. And two specific groups of people in particular. I want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa, and the health of women. … Improvements in the health of the people of Africa and the health of women are key indicators of the performance of WHO." Read more...

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