By Sultan Jessa – OTTAWA – Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is committed to significantly reduce the appalling mortality among women and children in developing world.
“This work must be accomplished as soon as possible so that resources are allocated and effectively where they are most urgently needed,” he said.
Harper is looking forward to working with other commission members to improve the health of women around the world.
His priority is to improve how vital health information is registered, collected and shared and find the best ways of tracking resources and investments at the global and country levels.
Prime Minister Harper and Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete have been appointed co-chairs of a new United Nations Commission on Information and Accountability for women and Children’s Health.
The new commission was announced by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Harper said he welcomes the new commission and is honoured to serve along with Kikwete.
Born in Tanzania, Sultan Jessa, right, a retired Canadian journalist and his wife Rosila are pictured with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa. Jessa worked for newspapers in Tanzania and Kenya before moving to Canada in the fall of 1973 to start a new life and pursuing his career in journalism.
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