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Nat iona l Alliance For Mater nal Hea lth And HumaRights (NAMHHR)

Bihar Jha rkhand Madhya Pradesh Or issa Rajast han Utta r Pr adesh West Bengal

ep-Dec 2010 Iss

WORK DONE SO FAR

1 West Bengal State Level meeting held on

29th September 2010

2 2 Conference call of SC members held on

11th October to discuss future strategies and

work to be taken up by the alliance in its first

three years

3 3 Conference call among members of the

Legal Strategies group (includes SC members

and associates) held on 4th November todiscuss the Legal Capacity Building

Workshop to be organized for health activists

and lawyers4

4 Discussions on the Indira Gandhi Matritva

Sahayog Yojana have been taken up with the

Planning Commission Ministry of Women

and Child Development and civil society

5 5 Alliance members participated in thePartners Forum on Womens and Childrens

Health that was held in Delhi during 12-14

November Please read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

1 NAMHHR Annual SC meeting to be h

in late January

2 Legal Workshop to be held post the

NAMHHR SC meeting

3 Legal Strategies Group team members

meet with NHRC members to discuss

how to initiate the process of fact findi

4 Round table Consultations with

Government Ministries on the IGMSYscheme being planned for January

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ARTNER UPDATES

1 In Orissa a study to show linkages between poor maternal health during pregnancy and

disability at birth of the child is being taken up

2 Study being done in Madhya Pradesh by Jan Sahas to monitor improvements in health status

any) of pregnant women after suo moto was filed in court on maternal health violations

3 In UP women of Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch contested Panchayat elections this year

Results need to be noted from Ekta4 Update needs to be taken from Sebanti Ghosh West Bengal

ESOURCES ON MATERNAL HEALTH

Web

1

IIMMHRs new briefing paper draws on lessons from their field projects in India Kenya andPeru and essentially looks at a human rights approach to maternal mortality reduction efforts

wwwrighttomaternalhealthorgresourcehr-based-approaches

2

India announces audit of maternal deaths httpigovernmentinsiteindia-announces-audit-

maternal-deaths-38295

3

Operational Guidelines on Maternal and Newborn Health (Government of India)

http20271128172nihfwnchrcsitesdefaultfilesNHSRC_-

_Operational_Guidelines_on_Maternal_and_Newborn_Healthpdf 4

The Partners Forum on Womens and Childrens Health was held November 13-14 in Delhi

For more information on the Forum overall see the PMNCH web site httpwwwwhoint

pmnchen (right now the Forum is the Spotlight on the home page)

For an overview of the agenda see httpwwwwhointpmnch

events201020101113_14_pmnch_governanceenindex2html and

For a copy of the press release see httpwwwwhointpmnchmediapress_materials

pr201020101112_partnersforum_pressreleaseenindexhtml5

Baluchistan Assembly in its 14th October 2010s session unanimously passed a resolution

presented by UNHRC on Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights a

to which Government of Pakistan also endorsed in the year 2009 httpwwwthebalochhal

com201010ba-seeks-strategy-to-reduce-infant-mortality-rate

6

The full text of the Outcome Document of the 2010 MDG Summit (Sept 2010 at New York)

available at httpwwwunorgenmdgsummit2010pdfmdg20outcome20documentpdf




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The document is subject to criticism due to its poor text on human rights and accountability

page 20-21on Global Public Health for All followed by promises on Goals 4 5 and 6 should

of interest

Also available is the special issue of e-Roundup by the UN NGO Liaison Service which

analyses the outcome of the negotiations in light of civil society contributions to the 2010 MD

Summit held on September 20-22 in New York httpwwwun-nglsorgIMG

pdf_Keeping_the_Final_Promise_Outcome_of_the_2010_MDG_Summitpdf

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Global Strategy for Womens and Childrens Health was a document developed under by the

United Nations Secretary-General with support and facilitation by The Partnership for Matern

Newborn amp Child Health to affirm the health of women and children as key to progress on al

development goals httpwwwwhointpmnchactivitiesjointactionplanenindexhtml

utm_source=MHTF+Subscribersamputm_campaign=89db5a14bc-

MH_BUZZ9_15_2010amputm_medium=email

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A five-year publicprivate global alliance launched to support country-led progress inReproductive Maternal and Newborn Health httpwwwgatesfoundationorgpress-releases

Pagesbetter-post-natal-care-by-2015-100922aspxutm_source=MHTF

+Subscribersamputm_campaign=89db5a14bc-MH_BUZZ9_15_2010amputm_medium=email

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Trends in maternal mortality 1990 to 2008 Estimates developed by WHO UNICEF UNFPA

and the World Bank- httpwwwwhointreproductivehealthpublications

monitoring9789241500265enindexhtml

10

Reactions to the new UN Maternal Mortality Estimates that was published on September 152010 httpmaternalhealthtaskforceorgdiscoverresources71Itemid=52utm_source=MHT


11

India disputes WHO report on maternal mortality httpigovernmentinsiteindia-disputes-w

report-maternal-mortality-38423

12

ICRW Publication Targeting poverty and gender equality to improve maternal health

httpwwwicrworgfilespublicationsTargeting-Poverty-Gender-Inequality-Improve-Matern

Healthpdf

13

The Worlds Women 2010 Trends and Statistics report which is published every five years

offers a compilation of the latest data documenting progress for women worldwide in eight k

areas population and families health education work power and decision-making violence

against women environment and poverty according to a UN Statistics Division press relea

httpunstatsunorgunsddemographicproductsWorldswomenWW2010pubhtm




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ARTNER UPDATES

1 In Orissa a study to show linkages between poor maternal health during pregnancy and

disability at birth of the child is being taken up

2 Study being done in Madhya Pradesh by Jan Sahas to monitor improvements in health status

any) of pregnant women after suo moto was filed in court on maternal health violations

3 In UP women of Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch contested Panchayat elections this year

Results need to be noted from Ekta4 Update needs to be taken from Sebanti Ghosh West Bengal

ESOURCES ON MATERNAL HEALTH

Web

1

IIMMHRs new briefing paper draws on lessons from their field projects in India Kenya andPeru and essentially looks at a human rights approach to maternal mortality reduction efforts

wwwrighttomaternalhealthorgresourcehr-based-approaches

2

India announces audit of maternal deaths httpigovernmentinsiteindia-announces-audit-

maternal-deaths-38295

3

Operational Guidelines on Maternal and Newborn Health (Government of India)

http20271128172nihfwnchrcsitesdefaultfilesNHSRC_-

_Operational_Guidelines_on_Maternal_and_Newborn_Healthpdf 4

The Partners Forum on Womens and Childrens Health was held November 13-14 in Delhi

For more information on the Forum overall see the PMNCH web site httpwwwwhoint

pmnchen (right now the Forum is the Spotlight on the home page)

For an overview of the agenda see httpwwwwhointpmnch

events201020101113_14_pmnch_governanceenindex2html and

For a copy of the press release see httpwwwwhointpmnchmediapress_materials

pr201020101112_partnersforum_pressreleaseenindexhtml5

Baluchistan Assembly in its 14th October 2010s session unanimously passed a resolution

presented by UNHRC on Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights a

to which Government of Pakistan also endorsed in the year 2009 httpwwwthebalochhal

com201010ba-seeks-strategy-to-reduce-infant-mortality-rate

6

The full text of the Outcome Document of the 2010 MDG Summit (Sept 2010 at New York)

available at httpwwwunorgenmdgsummit2010pdfmdg20outcome20documentpdf




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