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Award of Best Direction for The Cutting Tradition
Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Philadelphia Documentary & Film Festival, 31 May 2010 Nancy Durrell McKenna and John Howarth received Best Direction award for The Cutting Tradition.

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New Analysis Reveals African Countries Top List of 20 Countries Making Most Overall Progress on MDGs
Tuesday, 06 July 2010

End Poverty 2015 Millennium Campaign, 22 June 2010 (endpoverty2015.org) Report by Overseas Development Institute and UN Millennium Campaign Reveals Many of the Poorest Countries are Making Most Progress on Millennium Development Goals.

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Five Action Steps To Take for the G8/G20
Friday, 25 June 2010

Women Deliver, 24 June 2010 (womendeliver.org) This week, G8 and G20 leaders will meet to discuss how to best spend international aid in order to meet development goals.  We know the answer: Women are at the heart of the MDGs, and investing in women pays. Make your voice heard!  Here are five action steps you can take:

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?
Wednesday, 23 June 2010

plosmedsubsaharanafricasmothers.jpgA part of the PLoS Medicine series on maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa, this paper summarises the statistics, identifies the challenges, and highlights the interventions needed in healthcare, with the Millennium Development Goals for 2015 in mind.

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Women Deliver 2010
Monday, 07 June 2010

Women Deliver 2010, Washington DC, 07-09 June 2010 The Women Deliver 2010 conference starts today with its theme "Delivering Solutions for Girls and Women", and includes the 2010 conference of Countdown to 2015, the initiative that tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.

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