UN / MATERNAL HEALTH

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for concerted efforts to improve women's and children's health, saying even simple clinical procedures such as clean delivery rooms and the presence of a trained midwife could greatly reduce pregnancy-related deaths. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:37
• Production Date: 7 June 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA
• Subject Topical: HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MEDICAL SCIENCES
• MAMS Id: U100607c

Description

STORY: UN / MATERNAL HEALTH
TRT: 1.37
SOURCE: UNICEF / UNAMA / UNFPA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE / UNICEF / 28 MAY 2010, ORISSA STATE, INDIA

1. Wide shot, pregnant woman walking into a primary health center
2. Various shots, pregnant woman checked by nurse
3. Various shots, mother giving birth to a healthy baby boy
4. Med shot, a nurse carrying the new born into a cradle
5. Med shot, happy mother with her baby

FILE / UNAMA / DATE UNKNOWN, AFGHANISTAN

6. Various shots, maternity room at Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul

FILE / UNICEF / OCTOBER 2009, SEPTEMBER 2009 SANCTI SPÍRITUS, CUBA

7. Med shot, ‘baby and mother friendly’ hospital sign
8. Various shots, maternity ward General Camilo Cienfeugos provincial hospital

FILE / UNICEF / 6 MAY 2010, CONAKRY, GUINEA

9. Pan right, exterior shot Donka hospital entrance
10. Med shot, mothers outside the hospital wards

FILE / UNICEF / 8 MAY 2010, KISSIDOUGOU, GUINEA

11. Med shot, Mothers waiting for care in Kissidougou’s hospital

FILE / UNICEF / 7 MAY 2010, FERMESSADOU, GUINEA

12. Close up, mothers with health check-up booklets.
13. Med shot, Mia Farrow with baby in her arms
14. Med shot, mothers with their babies outside hospital

FILE / UNICEF / 4 JUNE - 6 JUNE 2009, PALOSA CAMP, CHARSADDA DISTRICT, NWFP PAKISTAN

15. Med shot, 9 month pregnant woman walking in Palosa Camp

FILE / UNICEF / 4 JUNE – 6 JUNE 2009, JALOZAI CAMP, NOWSHEHRA DISTRICT

16. Med shot, women registering at clinic in Jaluzai Camp

4 JUNE – 6 JUNE 2009, JALALA CAMP, MARDAN DISTRICT

17. Med shot, ultrasound at Jalala Camp clinic

FILE / UNICEF / 4 JUNE – 6 JUNE 2009, YAR HUSSAIN CAMP, SWABI DISTRICT, PAKISTAN

18. Med shot, women in waiting area at Yar Hussain clinic

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (7 June) called for concerted efforts to improve women’s and children’s health, saying even simple clinical procedures such as clean delivery rooms and the presence of a trained midwife could greatly reduce pregnancy-related deaths.

Addressing an international conference in Washington aimed at finding solutions to problems affecting women and girls worldwide, Ban said women’s health in the developed world had come a long way in his lifetime, noting that he was himself born at home in the Korean countryside and not in a hospital.

Stressing the importance of global partnerships to improve the lives of women and girls, he said the United Nations was committed to helping governments deliver for mothers and children.

The new UN Joint Action Plan aims to accelerate progress on women’s and children’s health to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global anti-poverty targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015.

The Secretary-General said that efforts to alleviate health problems that bedevilled women cannot succeed if they are not accompanied by work to end gender discrimination of all kinds, a priority of the UN.

He noted that UN Member States had last year agreed to unite the functions and mandates of multiple UN bodies that deal with women’s issues into one.

The three-day conference in the United States capital is the largest-ever gathering on maternal health, drawing 3,500 participants from 140 countries, according to organizers.