Lives on the Line: An Agenda for Ending Preventable Deaths
The launch of Annual EVERY ONE Campaign report “Lives on the Line” on 23rd October, 2013; is meant to invigorate the MDGs commitment and advocate for a final global impetus towards the unfinished...
View ArticleHeartfile Health Financing story of Anayat
According to the UNFPA, every day 20,000 girls under the age of 18 give birth in developing countries. There are in effect 20,000 dire untold stories of gender inequity, malnutrition, survival and...
View ArticlePakistan’s 2013 MDG Report: A reality check
Last month, the Planning Commission and the United Nations Development Project jointly released Pakistan’s Millennium Development Goals Report. The comprehensive report, fifth in its series was aimed...
View ArticleEnding Newborn Deaths Report launched by Save the Children Pakistan Office
It is until just 28 days after birth that a baby is called a newborn and this is the most vulnerable period of a baby’s life. The recently launched global report of Save the Children “Ending Newborn...
View ArticleEquality for women is progress for all
Gender equality remains the biggest global challenge of the 21st century. Despite a global discourse on gender equality and a number of international conventions on women’s rights, there is hardly any...
View ArticleGrandmother’s eggs
Last month, a high powered technical Symposium on maternal and child health concluded at the flooded Oxford University Egrove Park with a message that can be captured in just one Cartoon. Projected as...
View ArticleIFPRI’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report launch
“Central to post-2015 development agenda discussions is the goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030. Though ambitious and laudable, this goal is not enough. With one in eight people suffering from...
View ArticleFirst day of life
Pakistan has the highest number of children that die during child birth or on the first day of life. Unfortunately, it is the top country in the world that’s been unable to meet security requirements...
View ArticleFirst National Conference on Social Franchising in Pakistan was held last week
The First National Conference on Social Franchising in Pakistan hosted by the Marie Stopes Society (MSS) in Bhurban concluded after two days of deliberations on 28 August. The participants at this...
View ArticleDemographic Demons of Pakistan
The Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) is part of the world wide Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), which are conducted in over 90 countries since the past thirty years. The DHS is...
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