Excerpt: Nearly five years later, Ottawa is on track to spend some $2.85 -billion on maternal and child health initiatives around the world. The investment will be on display next week when the government convenes a group of global leaders for a summit in Toronto, including the Queen of Jordan, the Aga Khan, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
via Globe & Mail: Canada keeps its funding promises for world maternal and child health
The Saving Every Woman Every Child’s key international participants will include:
- Jakaya M. Kikwete, President of Tanzania;
- Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan;
- His Highness the Aga Khan;
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations;
- Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group;
- Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
- Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; and,
- AnthonyLake, Executive Director of UNICEF.
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