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RMNCH News 2012
Below, please find the full 2012 RMNCH news, with links to relevant websites and accompanying reports, when available
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Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study published
13 DECEMBER 2012 - The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) was a collaborative project led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
Canada forges new partnership to boost MNCH innovation
13 DECEMBER 2012 | OTTAWA — The Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is joining forces with Grand Challenges Canada to bring innovative global health solutions to the developing world.
Asian Development Bank searches for health specialists
ADB Regional Sustainable Development Departments is seeking a Health Specialist
Closing date: 20 DECEMBER 2012
Girleffect.org website relaunch
11 DECEMBER 2012 — The Girl Effect Network, led by PMNCH board member the UK's Department for International Development, Nike Foundation and NoVo Foundation, has relaunched girleffect.org
International Confederation of Midwives looks for new Secretary General top page
Chief Executive
Closing date for applications: 31 December 2012
HRP at 40: Special free topic issue of "Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation"
10 DECEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - UNDP, UNFPA, WHO and the World Bank are marking 40 years of research and training in reproductive health in their joint Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction HRP with a special, free issue of the journal - "Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation".
UN Special Adivser focuses on health on Human Rights Day
10 DECEMBER 2012 | GENEVA – On the occasion of the UN Human Right Day, celebrated on Monday 10 December, WHO welcomed Professor Paul Hunt, United Nations' Special Adviser and former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health.
Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health
07 DECEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new set of recommendations optimizing the roles health workers which aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
Concern Worldwide job opportunities
Concern Worldwide US seeks a Senior Technical Advisor, MNCH and Associate Director of Programs.
Additional investments in family planning would save developing countries more than $11 billion a year
30 NOVEMBER 2012 | LONDON —Making voluntary family planning available to everyone in developing countries would reduce costs for maternal and newborn health care by $11.3 billion annually, according to The State of World Population 2012, published tby UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
New publication: Protection against hepatitis B starts at birth
5 DECEMBER 2012 - The need for timely vaccination provides an additional opportunity to reach mothers and newborns with essential postnatal care in the first 24 hours
World AIDS Day 2012
29 NOVEMBER 2012 | GENEVA -- Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination is the theme of World AIDS Day 2012. Given the spread of the epidemic today, getting to zero may sound difficult but significant progress is underway.
Maternal obesity increases risk of newborn death in sub-Saharan Africa where obesity is rising at alarming rate
23 NOVEMBER 2012 | THE LANCET - New research published Online First in The Lancet indicates that babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese in sub-Saharan Africa are significantly more likely to die in the first two days after their birth.
WHO field-tests landmark childbirth 'checklist'
21 NOVEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - To reduce the chance that a mother or her baby dies during childbirth or shortly after, WHO has developed the Pilot Edition of the Safe Childbirth Checklist
On Universal Children's Day, look to the future, says UNICEF
20 NOVEMBER 2012 | NEW YORK – On Universal Children's Day, UNICEF issued a new research paper highlighting global demographic shifts forecast for the coming generation of children that present major challenges to policy makers and planners.
Improving governance and investment frameworks for women's and children's health
19-20 NOVEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - Representatives from national governments, the UN, civil society and the private sector gathered in Geneva to discuss how to accelerate accountability and harmonization of efforts in support of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health.
The Lancet press release
16 NOVEMBER 2012 - New research, published in The Lancet today ahead of World Prematurity Day on Saturday November 17 [1], has found that if the world's 39 highest-income countries were to fully implement five interventions to prevent preterm births, including smoking cessation and reducing the number of elective caesareans, around 58 000 premature births could be averted annually, amounting to roughly US$3.0 billion in economic cost savings.
A new global focus on preterm births
16 NOVEMBER 2012 - Preterm birth is the world's largest killer of newborn babies, causing more than 1 million deaths each year, yet 75 percent could be saved without expensive, high technology care.
WHO welcomes new Global Fund Executive Director
GENEVA | 15 NOVEMBER 2012 -- The World Health Organization welcomes Dr Mark Dybul as the new Executive Director for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
World Diabetes Day
On 14 November, millions of people around the world will unite to mark World Diabetes Day, the global awareness campaign of the diabetes community led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Inclusion and Innovation Towards Universal Health Coverage
From 31 October to 3 November 2012, 1,775 participants from over 110 countries gathered in Beijing, China for the Second Global Symposium on health systems research.
Women Deliver Director launches on-line donation campaign for girls and women
12 NOVEMBER 2012 - Last month, Women Deliver launched a groundbreaking social media project, Catapult.org – an online funding for projects that advance the lives of girls and women.
AU builds common platform for African champions of maternal health...
12 NOVEMBER 2012 - The African Union's Commissioner for Social Affairs, H.E Dr Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko has launched a new website for its Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) – www.carmma.org.
Asia-Pacific Leadership and Policy Dialogue for Women's and Children's Health
NOVEMBER | MANILA -Ministers and senior officials from nearly 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region gathered to discuss mutual strategies and principles in accelerating progress for women's and children's health in the region. Hosted by the WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) and convened by AusAID, the Asian Development Bank, WHO, UNICEF, and PMNCH, the meeting was the first-ever event to bring together more than 150 participants from government, civil society, the UN and the private sector to share knowledge and experiences related to regional strategies for investment, policy implementation, and accountability.
Civil Society Representatives to the Family Planning 2020 Reference Group
Three seats are available for civil society representatives at the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) Reference Group.
World Vision launches "Global Week of Action" for child health
13-20 NOVEMBER 2012 - The 13th to 20th November will be World Vision's first Global Week of Action. In response to the shockingly high number of children dying before their fifth birthday World Vision is seeking to bring people together across the globe to show support for the millions of children at risk of illness or death from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhoea and malnutrition.
World Pneumonia Day
Established in 2009, World Pneumonia Day is marked every year on 12 November.
Grant Proposal call: Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health
29 OCTOBER 2012 - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently inviting innovators to apply for two new Grand Challenges in Global Health grant opportunities:
Save the Children opportunity: Senior Director, Newborn Health
OCTOBER 2012 - The Senior Director is responsible for the overall strategic development, implementation, management, monitoring, and accountability of the Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) Program.
World Prematurity Day 2012
All those involved in pregnancy and childbirth will work together to draw attention to the concerns of preterm babies and their families aims to bring awareness.
Health Innovation Virtual Summit
23-24 OCTOBER - For the second year, Intel is hosting the Intel Healthcare Innovation Summit-a free online healthcare webcast series that delves into the issues that matter most to health Information Technology (IT) professionals.
UNFPA new report: End Child Marriage
This report is a clarion call to decision makers, parents, communities and to the world to end child marriage.
New partnership expands access to contraception for 27 million women and girls in low-income countries
26 SEPTEMBER 2012 | UNITED NATIONS) — Prices for long-acting contraception will be halved for 27 million women in the developing world through a new partnership, former President Bill Clinton and other world leaders announced Wednesday.
Nigeria launches "Saving One Million Lives" Initiative
16 OCTOBER 2012 - President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has officially launched an initiative for "Saving One Million Lives"
Role of ICT in support of "Saving One Million Lives Program"
17 OCTOBER 2012 | ABUJA, NIGERIA - PMNCH co-hosted with Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Private Sector Health Alliance, GSMA, Intel and Wellbeing Foundation the high level event: Collective Action: "Saving One Million Lives" and the Role of Information Communication Technologies .
A High Price to Pay
OCTOBER 2012 - The impact of rising and volatile food prices on children's nutrition and food security.
Pathfinder International Counseling Guide: Single-Visit Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention
OCTOBER 2012 - The single-visit approach (SVA) to cervical cancer prevention (also referred to as the "See-and-Treat" approach) currently involves visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid wash (VIA) and treatment of precancerous lesions with cryotherapy.
GAPPS innovative research projects aim to prevent preterm birth
15 OCTOBER 2012 | SEATTLE - Five innovative research projects aiming to prevent premature birth were announced by the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), an initiative of Seattle Children's.
First UN International Day of the Girl Child
11 OCTOBER 2012 | GENEVA - On the First International Day of the Girl Child, a special panel discussion themed 'Ending Child Marriage' was hosted by the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of Netherlands, UNFPA and WHO.
7-12 OCTOBER 2012 | ROME – More than 8,000 participants have arrived in Rome for the 20th World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, hosted by the International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics (FIGO) in conjunction with the Italian Society of Gynecology & Obstetrics (SIGO).
Women Speakers follow-up on 2011 Bern Initiative on women's and children's health
3-4 OCTOBER | DELHI, INDIA - Women speakers of parliament from around the world gathered in the Indian capital, Delhi to focus on strategies to make parliaments more gender sensitive and follow-up on the 2011 Bern Initiative for Maternal and Child Health (MCH).
UN chief hails progress in scaling up maternal and child nutrition worldwide
27 SEPTEMBER 2012 | NEW YORK – High-level political and private sector officials today met in New York to fight childhood and maternal under-nutrition with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praising the progress made so far, while stressing the importance of continuing to boost efforts on this front.
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula
SEPTEMBER 2012 - The U.N. Secretary-General Report, "Supporting Efforts to End Obstetric Fistula," noted great progress in addressing fistula, yet called for more support and intensified action to end fistula.
iERG on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health press release
26 SEPTEMBRE | GENEVA - The first report of the UN Secretary-General's independent Expert Review Group (iERG)* on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health, to be launched on September 26 at the UN General Assembly, concludes that although headline reductions in maternal and child mortality during the past decade have been impressive in some countries, millions of women and children still die every year from preventable causes.
UN Commission sets out plan to make life-saving health supplies more accessible
26 SEPTEMBER 2012| UN, NEW YORK – A new plan and set of recommendations to improve the supply and access of life-saving health supplies was submitted today to the UN Secretary-General by the members of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children.
IWG announces eight grants for mobile technology
25 SEPTEMBER 2012 | NEW YORK - This initiative, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and implemented in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), provides grants, networking, and capacity building support for innovative uses of mobile technology to advance maternal and child health, with a focus on expanding programs to wide-scale implementation.
Every Woman Every Child Progress 2012
25 SEPTEMBER | NEW YORK, NY — Since its launch in September 2010, the Every Woman Every Child movement, led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has helped catalyze new attention and investment to some of the most neglected causes of women's and children's mortality.
UN Foundation progress
25 SEPTEMBER 2012 NEW YORK – As Every Woman Every Child marks its second anniversary today, the United Nations Foundation continues to implement its 5 year, $400 million commitment together with partners, which has helped the movement reach major milestones over its first two years, saving the lives of women and children around the world.
THE LANCET: Special release to mark opening of United Nations Assembly
20 SEPTEMBER 2012 - The Lancet is publishing a collection of papers outlining the latest thinking on how this can be achieved, as well as highlighting critical issues of accountability and equity.
Press release: $20 Billion for Women's and Children's Health
SEPTEMBER 2012 - Financial commitments of nearly $58 billion to The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health includes about $20 billion in new money, according to a new report from The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH).
United Nations General Assemby September 2012: RMNCH In focus
11 SEPTEMBER - Special events related to advocacy and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) which take place during the lead-up and the week of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York
Women Deliver President Jill Sheffield calls for focus on women in fight against chronic diseases
17 SEPTEMBER 2012 – With world leaders returning to the United Nations General Assembly in New York to renew commitments made the year before to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Jill Sheffield, President of PMNCH member organization, Women Deliver has called for women to be at the heart of these efforts.
Preparatory Meeting of 2013 Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
16 SEPTEMBER |RECIFE, BRAZIL - The first preparatory meeting of the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health was held on 13-14 September in Recife, Brazil.
UNICEF 2012 Progress Report: Rapid progress in child survival
NEW YORK, 13 September 2012 – Countries across the world are making rapid progress in reducing child deaths, demonstrating that it is possible to radically reduce child mortality over the span of two decades, a UNICEF report says today.
UN-IGME: Accelerating progress on child survival since 2000
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 13 September 2012 – The pace of reducing child deaths has accelerated sharply since 2000, according to new data released today by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the UN Population Division.
Catapult.org: First crowdfunding site for women + girls
12 OCTOBER 2012 | NEW YORK, NY - Today, on International Day of the Girl Child, global advocacy organization Women Deliver launched Catapult, the first online funding platform dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women worldwide.
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2012 APEC Ministers support maternal and child health
5-6 SEPTEMBER 2012 | Vladivostok, Russia - Ministers of the Asia-Pacific region (APEC) met in Vladivostok, Russia on September 5-6, 2012 to review the current state of affairs in the region, assess the progress APEC has made in 2012, and discuss the way forward for APEC.
21st Session of Human Rights Council opens in Geneva
10 SEPTEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - The 21st Session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council has received a report which aims to help policymakers in improving women's health and rights by providing guidance on implementing policies and programmes to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in accordance with human rights standards.
UNSCN publishes new statement on Nutrition Security of Urban Populations
SEPTEMBER 2012 - Important global initiatives to improve nutrition have developed over the past years and many stakeholders have expressed their commitment and interest in supporting the scale-up of nutrition actions.
WRA September Action: Be the Citizens' Voice- Photo Contest
3 SEP - WRA wants to hear from you, the citizens, because you witness and experience where progress is and isn't being made.
Call for topics: Women Deliver maternal/newborn health theme
03 SEPTEMBER 2012 - An invitation to all individuals working in the field of MNH to contribute ideas and suggestions on the topics and issues that the maternal and newborn health stream should cover at the third Global Women Deliver Conference,
Second Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration
3 - 7 SEPTEMBER 2012 | DURBAN - The Second Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration was held from 3-8 September in Durban, South Africa under the theme "Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS): Institutional and Human Infrastructure".
White Ribbon Alliance joins PMNCH Board
30 AUGUST 2012 | GENEVA - The PMNCH Board is pleased to announce a new member which will represent the Constituency of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs).
DHN Webinar: State of the Practice - Family Planning
28 AUGUST 2012 - Winnie Mwebesa and Shannon Pryor of DHN's Maternal & Reproductive Health (MRH) team will lead an interactive presentation and discussion on SC US family planning projects, key interventions, successes, and new technologies.
FHI 360 releases annual report: The 360 Perspective
28 AUGUST 2012 – PMNCH member, FHI 360 has released its 2011 annual report. Albert Siemens, FHO 360 Chief Executive Officer, released the report.
The Lancet and Women Deliver announce Call for Papers
28 AUGUST 2012 - In light of the upcoming conference in 2013, Women Deliver and The Lancet have issued a call for submissions from research groups working on reproductive, maternal, and newborn health globally.
Save the Children US recruits
23 AUGUST 2012 - Saving Newborn Lives searches for Senior Health & Advocacy Advisors
GAVI on the frontlines of cancer prevention
22 AUGUST 2012 -I am looking forward to participating in the 2012 World Cancer Leaders' Summit, to be held in Montreal, Canada on 27 August.
UK Prime Minister challenges countries to improve nutrition before 2016 Olympics
AUGUST 2012 | LONDON - Almost one in three of the world's poorest children cannot reach their full potential due to malnutrition.
- GAVI opens 2012 applications for new vaccines support + HPV demos
STOP TB call for proposals for Challenge Facility for Civil Society
7 AUGUST 2012 | GENEVA – The Stop TB Partnership has announced a call for proposals for the fifth round of the Stop TB Partnership's Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS).
World Breastfeeding Week - 2012
AUGUST 2012 - The theme of this year's World Breastfeeding Week is 'Understanding the Past, Planning for the Future,' a relevant reference to the lessons learnt and the achievements over the past 20 years on infant and young child feeding.
Girls Not Brides project announces Advisory Committee and new Global Coordinator
04 AUGUST 2012 - Girls Not Brides have announced the formation of a new Advisory Committee, chaired by H.E. Mabel van Oranje, and a new new Global Coordinator, Ms Lakshmi Sundaram , who will take over from the interim Coordinator, Marianna Brungs.
- Life-saving radio project in Burkina Faso
- World Breastfeeding Week - 2012
Inaugural Global Health Policy Summit organized by Imperial College, London
01 AUGUST 2012 | LONDON - The inaugural Global Health Policy Summit took place at Guildhall Palace in the city of London, UK and brought together key decision-makers in healthcare from over 40 countries.
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
27 JULY - 12 AUGUST 2012 | LONDON - As the Olympics close, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is calling on the world to take the action needed to transform the life chances of millions of children before the next Olympic Games in 2016.
RESULTS holds International Conference in Washington
21-24 JULY 2012 | WASHINGTON, DC, USA — RESULTS is holding its annual international conference examining U.S. anti-poverty efforts at home and abroad during the 2012 AIDS Conference
XIX International AIDS Conference
22-27 JULY 2012 - The International AIDS Conference brings together those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic.
- Call for Proposals for Implementation Research for health MDG 4, 5 and 6
AMREF launches Standing Up for African Mothers Campaign to train 15,000 midwives by 2015
19 JULY 2012 - AMREF, together with global patron Graça Machel Mandela, is launching the Stand Up for African Mothers campaign.
Save the Children calls on UK to pick up the baton and start "Race Against Hunger"
19 JULY 2012 - Save the Children UK has called on its government during this Olympic time to use its G8 presidency to jump-start a "Race Against Hunger".
Health Sector Budget Advocacy: A guide for civil society organisations
Why health budget advocacy is so important and how you and your organisation can get started? This new practical guide from Save the Children UK provides the answers.
African leaders advocate for increased financing of MDGs
16 JULY 2012 | ADDIS ABABA - Friends Africa in partnership with The Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government (Africa Forum) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria convened in Addis Ababa on 16 July 2012 a side-event on the margins of the 19th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
Call for Nomination to the independent Expert Review Group (iERG)
12 JULY 2012 - In order to replace the departing member, WHO is soliciting nominations from all stakeholders of the Global Strategy.
MDG 4 & 5 "Open Health Initiative" holds Validation Workshops
03 JULY 2012 — The East African Community (EAC) is looking for participation at Validation Workshops in six countries regarding the "Open Health Initiative" aimed at boosting maternal and child health in the region.
Launch of Private Enterprise for Public Health
3 JULY 2012 | LONDON - As part of the London Summit on Family Planning on 11 July 2012, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) in collaboration with the Innovation Working Group (IWG) and the United Nations Foundation have organized a parallel session to launch a new guide for businesses that identifies investment opportunities for improved women's and children's health.
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012
This year's report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) highlights several milestones. The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline, as has the target of halving the proportion of people who lack dependable access to improved sources of drinking water.
New from Nossal Institute: Demand-side financing for maternal health care
JULY 2012 - The Health Policy and Health Finance Hub, Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne has published an Issues Brief on demand-side financing for maternal health care.
IPPF Young People's Summit
28 JUNE 2012 | LONDON - On July 11th, at the instigation of the UK's Department for International Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a one day Family Planning Summit will convene in London.
Conference on African Health Financing
4-5 JULY 2012 | TUNIS, TUNISIA - The Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) are organizing a Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Health on the theme of achieving greater value for money in health.
Family Planning Summit
11 JULY 2012 | LONDON - The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with participation by other partners (including technical assistance from USAID), are sponsoring a high-level event in London on World Population Day, July 11, to galvanize political commitment and financial resources from developing countries, donors, the private sector, civil society and other partners to meet the family planning needs of women in the world's poorest countries by 2020.
Call to action: Support contraceptives on the New No Controversy Website
26 JUNE 2012 | A number of PMNCH partners have launched a Call to Action and Support for contraceptives. More than 200 million women in developing countries who don't want to get pregnant lack access to contraceptives.
STC Teen Pregnancy report
26 JUNE 2012 | LONDON – A new report from Save the Children UK - Every Woman's Right: How Family Planning Saves Lives - highlights the fact that girls under 15 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy than women in their 20s.
Lancet to launch new series on midwifery
21 JUNE 2012 - A new global project has been launched in an effort to enhance the evidence base on midwifery and to further advocate for developing midwifery services at scale.
African Ministerial Conference on "Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector
The African Development Bank is hosting a high-level Ministerial conference on health financing at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Tunisia, on July 4-5, 2012.
Rio+20 Conference
At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, came together to discuss issues of the environment, sustainability, poverty, equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet .
New UNFPA/Guttmacher Study finds little progress in meeting demand for contraception in developing world
19 JUNE 2012 | NEW YORK - A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services—Estimates for 2012 - finds that the number of women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using modern contraception declined only slightly between 2008 and 2012, from 226 to 222 million.
2012 G20 Watch
18-19 JUNE 2012 | MEXICO – Group of 20 (G20) countries are going a long way to improving health of their populations through their commitment to ensure food security.
mHealth Summit - Call for Presentations
The 2012 mHealth Summit is the premier international forum connecting the mobile health ecosystem for mHealth research, education, thought leadership, exhibits and action-provoking panel discussions.
IPPF calls for signatures for a global letter of support for Family Planning Summit
This July, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the British government's Department for International Development (DFID) will hold the London Family Planning Summit.
Child survival call to action
14-15 JUNE 2012 / WASHINGTON, D.C. – The governments of the United States, India and Ethiopia, in collaboration with UNICEF, have convened the Child Survival Call to Action in Washington D.C.
UNICEF launches Report on pneumonia and diarrhoea
UNICEF's equity-focused pneumonia and diarrhoea report: Pneumonia and diarrhoea: tackling the deadliest diseases for the world's poorest children.
Country CSOs meet to discuss RMNCH advocacy and collaboration
13 JUNE 2012 - Washington DC – Civil society organizations (CSOs) working to strengthen coalitions of national reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) advocacy met in Washington DC to exchange experiences.
Nigerian Health Minister inaugurates committee to host meeting of PMNCH Board
13 JUNE 2012 | ABUJA, NIGERIA - Health Minister, Prof.C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu has inaugurated a 13-man Local Organising Committee for the hosting of the 13th Board meeting of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Partnership (PMNCH) in Nigeria.
A decade of change for newborn survival, policy and programmes (2000-2010): A multi-country evaluation of progress towards scale
A special supplement in Health Policy and Planning with a focus on newborn survival, policy and programmes was released on 13 June 2012 entitled: "A decade of change for newborn survival, policy and programmes (2000-2010): A multi-country evaluation of progress towards scale."
The Lancet special issue highlights RMNCH
The 8 June 2012 Issue of The Lancet had several commentaries and articles on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). They included:
Countdown to 2015 launches the 2012 Report
14 JUNE 2012 - Countdown to 2015 launches its 2012 Report on at the Child Survival Call to Action, a two-day high-level meeting in Washington, D.C.
Saving Mothers, Giving Life
1 JUNE 2012 | OSLO, NORWAY — The US government has joined Merck for Mothers, Every Mother Counts, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in a new initiative to reduce maternal mortality.
Women Deliver 2013 Conference Registration Opens
1 JUNE 2012 - Early bird registration for Women Deliver's third global conference opens.
- independent Expert Review Group (iERG)
DALIT celebrates successes of students on India's SSC exams
8 MAY 2012 | CHUKNAGAR, DUMURIA, KHULNA, INDIA — PMNCH member organization DALIT honoured 245 members of India's Dalit community with a special ceremony and guidance seminar to celebrate their promising results on India's Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination.
Improving Information to Secure Women's and Children's Health related MDGs Seminar
26-27 MAY 2012 | ARUSHA, TANZANIA – African parliamentarians have renewed pledges to make governments accountable to pledges made to improve women's and children's health and identify quality health information as the basis of their contributions to advocacy, policymaking and oversight including budget scrutiny and approval.
African Ministers meet in Addis Ababa
19 MAY 2012 | ADDIS ABBABA - African Ministers of Health meeting at the special session of the fifth African Union Conference of Ministers of Health have endorsed a status report on women's and children's health in the region.
UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children meets in New York
22 MAY 2012 | NEW YORK - The United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, co-chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway, has reviewed and finalized recommendations to help increase access, reduce costs, and increase demand for 13 life-saving commodities for women's and children's health.
Breakfast Briefing on Born Too Soon Report at the World Health Assembly
22 MAY 2012 | GENEVA – More than 70 participants from 30 countries gathered at the World Health Assembly to discuss the new evidence on preterm birth emerging from Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Births.
Reproductive Health Matters: Call for papers
This journal issue aims to explore the changing language and culture around young people's sexual relationships and sexual health, as well as the gap between what young people want and need, what young people are told they need, and what they are actually receiving.
- World Health Assembly 2012
YFP celebrates Mother and Child Week in Pakistan
19-26 MAY 2012 | DERA GHAZI KHAN, PAKISTAN — PMNCH member organization Youth Front Pakistan (YFP) commemorated Mother and Child Week in collaboration with local NGOs and the Health Department
G8 Watch 2012
19 APRIL 2012 – Leaders from around the world will gather at US President Barack Obama's Camp David retreat in the mountains of Maryland for the 38th meeting of the Group of Eight (G8).
New WHO statistics report includes good news for women's and children's health
16 MAY 2012 | GENEVA – The World Health Statistics 2012 report puts the spotlight on the growing problem of the noncommunicable diseases burden, but also highlights progress in women's and children's health.
RMNCH Coalition formed by order of Government of India
MAY 2012 | NEW DELHI, INDIA – Through an Order from the Government of India, the Ministry of Health and Famly Welfare has created a Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Coalition (RMNCH)
Mother's Day 2012
14 MAY 2012 - As partners for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health continue to tackle ongoing challenges around the world, Mother's Day provides an excellent occasion to stop and celebrate recent successes in this field.
Africa Public Health Alliance calls on AU to make water management top priority
14-18 MAY 2012 | CAIRO - The Africa Public Health Alliance has called on the African Union and its Ministerial Council on Water to scale up efforts to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for African people.
"Report Card" shows GAVI delivering on the promise
12 JUNE 2012 | GENEVA – On the first anniversary of GAVI's historic Pledging Conference, a first-year "Report Card* shows the Alliance is delivering on its promise to immunise 250 million children by 2015 -- and save four million lives.
One Campaign Petition to G8 Leaders
11 MAY 2012 - One Campaign has launched an on-line petition to G8 Leaders: THRIVE – Plant a seed of change in the G8.
Save the Children's Annual State of the World's Mothers Report is released for 2012
8 MAY 2012 | WESTPORT, Conn. — Save the Children's thirteenth State of the World's Mothers report shows Niger as the worst place to be a mother in the world — replacing Afghanistan for the first time in two years. Norway comes in at first place.
International Day of the Midwife 2012
7 MAY 2012 | Partners for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health raised their voices in support of the crucial work of skilled birth attendants in honour of International Day of the Midwife 2012.
Maternal deaths halved in 20 years, but faster progress needed
6 MAY 2012 | UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank.
Asia Regional Meeting on Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care
4-6 MAY 2012 | DHAKA, BANGLADESH —The South East Asian region has made remarkable progress in cutting maternal deaths, but a huge lack in quality care for mothers in pre- and post-delivery periods remains
#BornTooSoon Global Relay TweetChat - Thurs 3 May (900-1600 EDT)
TWITTERWORLD on 3 MAY - Join us for the #BornTooSoon Global Relay TweetChat on Thursday, 3 May 2012, from 9 am to 4pm EDT.
Rising Stars in Women's & Children's Health: Cast Your Vote!
3 MAY 2012 – Grand Challenges Canada is calling on voters to help select winners in their third round of Rising Stars in Global Health contest.
New global report: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth
2 MAY 2012 | NEW YORK - Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth.
UNSG Ban: more investment in women's and children's health
New Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS Asia Pacific region
GAVI: Ghana rolls out vaccines against two top killers of children
26 APRIL 2012 | ACCRA – Ghana has become the first African country to introduce pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines at the same time
45th UN Commission on Population and Development
23-27 APRIL 2012 | UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need to provide reproductive health care for young people, as well as give them access to the necessary information and the means to protect themselves from sexual abuse and violence.
Call to African Ministers for human resources development plan
25 April 2010 | ABUJA - Advocates have called for African Ministers of Education to develop an African Human Resources Development Plan as a step towards achieving development goals.
Global partners launch new plan to control and eliminate measles and rubella
24 APRIL 2012 | ATLANTA | GENEVA | NEW YORK | WASHINGTON, D.C ― Partners leading efforts to control measles have announced a new global strategy aimed at reducing measles deaths and congenital rubella syndrome to zero.
Transforming communities from within to impact health systems
24 APRIL 2012 | ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — In recognition of incredible progress made transforming communities from within to tackle such daunting challenges as maternal mortality, PMNCH member organization The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) has received the World Federation of Public Health Associations 2012 Organizational Award.
USAID launches Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday campaign
23 APRIL 2012 — PMNCH member organization the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a global campaign to help more children around the world reach the age of five—a milestone birthday, after which children are far more likely to survive to adulthood.
World Immunization Week rolled out in 180 countries
23 APRIL 2012 | GENEVA – For the first time, public health communities in all regions of the world are focussing at the same time on the importance of vaccination against deadly diseases.
Don't forget the girls: an important message from UNFPA executive director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin
19 APRIL 2012 – In an op/ed published in Huffington Post, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of PMNCH member UNFPA, has applauded the international community for recognizing the importance of safe motherhood and women's reproductive health as a crucial development issue.
Campaign for World Breastfeeding Week inspired Google Doodle
18 APRIL 2012 – World Breastfeeding Week will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer, and to commemorate the occasion, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has started a mini-campaign for a WBW themed Google Doodle.
Systematic review of the interconnections between maternal & newborn health
APRIL 2012 -In close collaboration with researchers at Aga Khan University, Family Care International (FCI) undertook a program of work to highlight interconnections between maternal and newborn deaths anc the poor health of the mother before or during pregnancy, or poor quality care during and immediately after childbirth.
TEDxChange sparks conversation on key RMNCH issues
10 APRIL 2012 – Convened by PMNCH partner Melinda Gates, and hosted by TED's Chris Anderson, last week's TEDxChange event encouraged important conversations surrounding critical reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) issues—such as access to family planning for women in developing countries.
New biorepository to help uncover mysteries of pregnancy and childbirth
10 APRIL 2012 – Laying a foundation for discoveries that will improve maternal, newborn and child health everywhere, PMNCH member the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) has created the world's first ever standardized, widely accessible repository of high-quality specimens linked to data from diverse populations of pregnant women.
Parliaments urged to scale up efforts in securing the health of women and children
5 APRIL 2012 | KAMPALA, UGANDA - Leaders of nearly 120 national parliaments attending a major meeting here this week resolved to prioritize action and resources for improving the health of women and children.
Global Illumination Initiative: Shedding light on premature birth
4 APRIL 2012 – Worldwide, one baby in 10 is born premature: Every year, about 13 million children are born too early. Despite this high number, the public is hardly aware of how to prevent preterm birth and the problems and risks involved in the development of a preterm infant.
Sweden appoints world's first Global Health Ambassador
3 APRIL 2012 – The Swedish government has appointed the world's first Ambassador for Global Health, underscoring the country's desire to raise its profile in the area of health and increase its efforts towards achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the run up to 2015.
126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union meets in Kampala
31 MARCH -5 APRIL 2012 | KAMPALA, Uganda – Some 1500 Parliamentarians from across the globe are focusing on women's and children's health at the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union this week in Kampala.
Women's and children's health high on agenda at 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
PMNCH member White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is reporting direct from the Assembly on the progress of the IPU resolution "Access to Health as a Basic Right: The Role of Parliaments in Addressing Key Challenges to Securing the Health of Women and Children".
Lancet review examines equity in MNCH interventions
31 MARCH 2012 – The global health community must increase its efforts to ensure key maternal, newborn, and child health interventions are adequately reaching all social groups.
First Asia-Pacific workshop on developing country roadmaps
19-21 MARCH | MANILA, PHILLIPPINES - Delegations from seven Eastern Asian countries (China & Mongolia), South-Eastern Asian countries (Cambodia, Lao, Philippines and Viet Nam) and Papua New Guinea, supported by a range of country, regional and global partners*, met in Manila, Philippines on 19-21 March to develop country roadmaps to strengthen national accountability and action for improving women's and children's health.
Africa Regional RMNCH Advocacy Strategy Implementation Meeting
26 MARCH 2012 | KAMPALA, UGANDA - Over 140 partners gathered in Kampala to identify next steps in the implementation of the Integrated Strategy for Reproductive Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH), led by the African Union. This strategy, devised during a consultation in August 2011, promotes alignment of the implementation of several African and global frameworks for women's and children's health, including the Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Mortality in Africa, The Maputo Plan of Action and the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health.
Africa Regional Consultation on Achieving MDG 5
27-28 MARCH 2012 | KAMPALA, UGANDA - Almost 200 partners, including policy-makers, researchers, experts and advocates gathered in a forum to discuss key issues in the struggle to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5, the UN MDG aimed at improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality
- Health Metrics Network and World Health Organization welcome birth registration resolution
Newborn care on video
A series of short videos produced by Global Health Media Project illustrate newborn care clinical guidelines.
WHO/Stop TB: Childhood tuberculosis neglected, despite available remedies
21 MARCH 2012 | GENEVA - Tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed in children from birth to 15 years old because they lack access to health services - or because the health workers who care for them are unprepared to recognize the signs and symptoms of TB in this age group.
New UN Commission on Life-Saving commodities for Women and Children
23 MARCH 2012 – A new United Nations Commission has been announced to catalyze changes in the way overlooked commodities are made, distributed and used in order to prevent the leading causes of death and disease among the world's poorest women and children.
Call: Advancing knowledge and practice for using systems thinking for equitable health systems strengthening in LMICs
20 MARCH 2012 - The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research at WHO and the Governance for Equity in Health Systems Program at IDRC are pleased to announce a Call for Papers on "Advancing knowledge and practice for using systems thinking for equitable health systems strengthening in LMICs"
It's time to deliver for girls and women
20 MARCH 2012 - "A few weeks ago, on 8 March, the world celebrated International Women's Day, which serves as a clarion call to honor girls' and women's contributions to their families, communities and nations. ... Here in Africa, we are doing just that. On 27-28 March, policymakers, researchers and advocates from across the continent – including Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni and Minister of Health Honorable Dr. Christine Ondoa – are gathering in Kampala for a regional consultation on maternal and reproductive health.
Countdown update fosters country accountability, supports Global Strategy
19 MARCH 2012 | COUNTDOWN 2015 - As follow-up to the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Countdown to 2015 has released a new report: Accountability for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival: An update on progress in priority countries.
Call for Letters of Interest: The 2012 Innovation Working Group Catalytic Funding Competition
The mHealth Alliance, in partnership with the Innovation Working Group, the UN Secretary-General's Every Woman Every Child global strategy and the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) have issued a Call for Letters of Interest (LOI) for the 2012 mHealth for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Competition for catalytic funding.
Changing Lives Campaign to celebrate UK Mothers' Day
15 MARCH 2012 | DFID FACEBOOK – This Mother's Day, the United Kingdom Department of International Development is highlighting how UK aid is helping two million women to deliver their babies safely in the world's poorest countries.
WHO: New research on postpartum haemorrhage in Lancet
6 MARCH 2012 | LONDON-GENEVA - Findings on the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) have important implications for expanding access to effective care and could have a substantial impact on maternal survival in places where access to skilled medical staff is difficult.
President Obama & Prime Minister Cameron commit to maternal and child health
14 MARCH 2012 | THE WHITE HOUSE – During meetings between the UK Prime Minister and President Barack Obama in March in Washington DC, they together reaffirmed commitment and work being done by the two countries together to improve women's and children's health and save lives
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases: END7 Campaign Seeks to Eliminate 7 Neglected Diseases
13 MARCH 2012 - In early 2012, the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases - an initiative of the U.S.-based Sabin Vaccine Institute - launched END7, an international public awareness campaign with a mission to see the end of seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020.
Health partnerships reach out to G8 leaders
MARCH 2012 - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health has joined with three other leading global health partnerships to send an open letter to G8 leaders to ask for the inclusion of a specific statement of commitment and support for global health in this year's G8 Summit Declaration and accountability report.
International Women's Day 2012
In commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD), PMNCH members are celebrating progress and advancing commitments towards better health for the world's women and their children.
FHDO: International Women's Day was observed in Sirajganj
8 MARCH 2012 | SIRAJGANJ - To celebrate the day a colorful rally was organized by governmental and non-governmental organizations and was attended by Deputy Commissioner Mr Aminul Islam as chief guest.
"Women Deliver 50" casts spotlight on ideas and solutions improving the lives of girls and women
7 MARCH 2012 | NEW YORK – In the lead up to International Women's Day, PMNCH member Women Deliver announced the winners of its annual "Women Deliver 50" list, a compilation of the 50 most inspiring ideas and solutions that are delivering for girls and women across the globe.
UK to host family planning summit with Gates Foundation
06 MARCH 2012 | LONDON - The UK Government is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and partners to host a Family Planning summit in London in July 2012.
WHO/UNICEF: MDG met for drinking water- but sanitation lags behind
6 MARCH 2012 | NEW YORK/GENEVA – The world has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline.
Norway commits $9.9 Million to Maternal and Newborn Health
5 MARCH 2012 | WASHINGTON, DC – As International Women's Day approaches, the mHealth Alliance announces that the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has made a US$9.9 million commitment to support the use of innovative mobile technologies to improve women and children's health.
CSW Side Event: Keeping Promises, Measuring Results
2 March 2012 | NEW YORK - A side event held during the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, was co-hosted by the government of Canada, PMNCH and the United Nations Foundation, in support of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Every Woman Every Child Initiative.
Children in an Urban World
28 FEBRUARY 2012 | A new report from PMNCH member UNICEF has shed light on the disparities within cities depriving many children from access to health care, education and sanitation, despite living alongside these services.
Human Rights Council holds panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming and international cooperation
28 FEBRUARY 2012 | GENEVA - The Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming and international cooperation.
CSW56 highlights role of sexual and reproductive health on road to gender equality
27 FEBRUARY – 9 MARCH 2012 - PMNCH members have joined government officials, rural women, representatives of the United Nations and civil society, the media and the private sector to discuss challenges faced by women living in rural areas at the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Cast Your Vote: Women Deliver Contest
24 FEBRUARY 2012 - Voting has begun on the Women Deliver's Facebook page to determine the top 50 inspiring ideas and solutions that deliver for girls and women from 2011.
International Pharmaceutical Federation report on effective use of pharmacists in MNCH
23 FEBRUARY 2012 – The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has published a document on the role of pharmacists in improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).
Merck for Mothers and NORAD Co-chair UN Task Force on Sustainable Business Models in Health
22 FEBRUARY 2012 - Merck for Mothers and NORAD – the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – have been named to co-chair the Task Force on Sustainable Business Models.
Ban Ki-moon appoints Australian Kate Gilmore Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA
22 FEBRUARY 2012 | NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
WHO upholds guidance on hormonal contraceptive use and HIV
16 FEBRUARY 2012 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy.
MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe
JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2012 - A global online exhibition hosted by the International Museum of Women (IMOW) is exploring the realities and ideas of a new global generation of mothers through art, stories and powerful new voices.
Reproductive Health Matters: Call for papers
Reproductive and sex-related morbidity: neglected problems. November 2012 Vol. 20 No. 40
Child malnutrition: a hidden crisis which threatens the global economy
The new report entitled "A life free from hunger: Tackling Child Malnutrition," highlights the difficulties families are facing in countries already struggling with high rates of malnutrition.
Norway's new research project: Investing in women's health pays off
15 FEBRUARY 2012 - Norway launched a new research project aimed to identify economic benefits of investing in women's health as well as the first white paper on global health outlining Norway's ambitions in this field: the Norwegian Government White Paper on Global Health.
Concern Worldwide "Innovations for maternal, newborn, & child health programme" searches for specialists
Concern Worldwide "Innovations for maternal, newborn, & child health programme" – funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - seeks to identify, support, and field test, bold, innovative ways to overcome barriers to delivering proven solutions to women and children.
Women Deliver Conference 2013: Scholarship Applications
Women Deliver is offering full scholarships to a select number of participants in order to maximize participation from those traditionally under-represented.
Preeclampsia Foundation : Research funding available
13 FEBRUARY 2012 | The Preeclampsia Foundation announced that new funding is available for preeclampsia research.
African countries meet to develop country accountability roadmaps
13-15 FEBRARY 2012 | Dar es Salaam - Delegations from ten sub-Saharan African countries, supported by a range of regional and global partners, met to develop country roadmaps to strengthen national accountability and action for improving women's and children's health. The Tanzania workshop, one in a series of regional workshops that will ultimately cover 75 priority countries, is part of the action plan for implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health. The COIA outlined recommendations in three areas: better tracking of results, better tracking of resources, and better oversight of results and resources, nationally and globally.
Tanzania: NGOs hailed over motherhood bill
9 FEBRUARY 2012 - PMNCH members Care International and White Ribbon Alliance have drafted a safe motherhood bill, in collaboration with the Tanzania Women Lawyers Association, aimed at addressing critical challenges facing Tanzanian mothers, adolescent girls men and boys in accessing reproductive health services.
New website: Accountability for Women's and Children's Health
6 FEBRUARY 2012 | GENEVA - WHO and partners are launching a new web site on results, resources and oversight related to women's and children's health.
Lancet says malaria deaths higher than previously thought
3 FEBRUARY 2012 | LONDON - New data released in an article by Chris Murray and associates in The Lancet say that malaria mortality worldwide could be almost double that of previous estimates—at around 1.24 million deaths in 2010.
PMNCH Task Team on Financing for RMNCH meets in London
2 FEBRUARY 2012 | LONDON - The PMNCH Task Team on Financing for RMNCH was formed to provide strategic advice to the PMNCH Board on financing options for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH).
Parliamentarians launch Alliance for Reproductive Health in India
1 FEBRUARY 2012 | INDIA - Parliamentarians in India have launched the "Citizens' Alliance for Reproductive Health and Rights" as a parliamentarian response to take collective action for improved reproductive health for the people of India. The Alliance launched at an event in Delhi on November 30, 2011.
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Intel and UNFPA to boost health workers' skills around the world
30 JANUARY 2012 | UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK/SANTA CLARA, California — In an effort to address The high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, Intel and UNFPA have announced a joint commitment to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology and training materials from the two organizations.
PMNCH co-hosts side event at the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF)
27 JANUARY 2012 | DAVOS - The Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health led a special side event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to discuss a draft Guide, developed with FSG, to outline ways in which companies can contribute to improve the health of women and children.
Two RMNCH initiatives launched at WEF
27-29 JANUARY 2012 | DAVOS- World Economic Forum — Two new initiatives were launched by business and social media leaders that aim to end new HIV infections among children.
Global Fund welcomes US$750 million from Gates Foundation
26 JANUARY 2012 - DAVOS - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria warmly welcomes the announcement by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen its financial commitment to the Fund through a US$750 million promissory note.
Every Woman Every Child
27-29 JANUARY 2012 | DAVOS - Two side events related to the Every Woman, Every Child effort were co-organized with PMNCH at the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF). A high-level luncheon addressed reasons and ways for business and government leaders to invest in women and children´s health.
New Oxfam report argues 'Inclusive growth' must include women
19 JANUARY 2012 | LONDON - Today's launch of Oxfam's report, Left behind by the G20? challenges the assumption that strong growth is enough in itself to prevent poverty.
Decade of Vaccines (DoV) Collaboration calling on experts to participate in online consultation
16 JANUARY 2012 | The Decade of Vaccines (DoV) Collaboration is working to develop an action plan — the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) — for how the international community can best use vaccines to save lives.
Adolescent pregnancy, women's and children's health on WHO/EB agenda
16-25 JANUARY 2012 | GENEVA – The WHO Executive has received several reports highlighting the women's and children's health, including one report examining the issue of early marriages, and adolescent and young pregnancies.
Health for All: Focus on need for equity in realizing RMNCH goals
JANUARY 2012 | During the month of January, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre shed light on a number of issues surrounding inequity in efforts to improve women's and children's health.


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This Google Street View car bogged down in the sticky Aussie mud was luckily saved by a winch-equipped drive-by good Samaritan.
The quirky Google Street View car must have been making a fast getaway from Mad Max as it found itself stuck still in New South Wales, roughly 200 miles away. It makes you wonder what Google was thinking when they sent a little econocar out to do a man's job. Where's the '79 FJ40 or the Holden Ute? As the saying goes; measure twice, cut once. We look forward to seeing what other fiasco the Street View guys can get themselves into. (Hat Tip To Boggy_Crapper!)
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This fun lunch bunch meets twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Friday's. Bring your lunch and enjoy the friendship of fellow artists as we create on BROWN BAGS! Yep, our canvas is a brown bag. Each time we meet we have a different "theme" and all mediums are welcome. With the time constraints it means we create fast and furious, or slow and easy, depending on what you wish to complete. The bags are signed and retained by FCA for a future show! Come on, you know you want to try it!
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Earlier Event: September 21Pottery with Beki
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BBC News
- Queen's Speech: New laws on crime, health and the environment
- Paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death at Full Sutton Prison
- Food writer Jack Monroe 'loses £5,000 in phone-number hijack'
- UK weather: Amber warning for thunderstorms issued by Met Office
- Sports Direct calls for probe into Nike and Adidas dominance
- Glasgow equal pay women shocked by legal fees on payouts
- British man dies in Sofia before England's Euro 2020 qualifier
- Orphaned siblings rescued from Syrian camp
- Brooke Morris: Rugby player missing after night out in Merthyr
- PC Andrew Harper: Hundreds of mourners attend funeral
- Harry Dunn crash: Anne Sacoolas' return to UK 'non-negotiable'
- Voting: Could ID checks affect who participates in elections?
- Queen's Speech: Why didn't the Queen wear her crown?
- What Brexit means for half-term holiday plans
- Queen's Speech: What is on Boris Johnson's to-do list?
- Why are there sex shops on the A1?
- Celebrities who misbehaved in Buckingham Palace
- Could cricket and worm burgers help save the planet?
- Woman's fight for A505 safety work after husband's crash
- Mother's sepsis warning after hospital failure
- Meet the woman saving dogs from Romanian 'kill centres'
- Priti Patel: 'Northern Ireland must not be treated differently over customs'
- World Conker Championships defies rain to crown a winner
- New Ferry explosion: Furniture shop owner guilty of causing blast
- Scottish independence: SNP 'winning the economic argument'
- Emma De Souza: Home Office appeal of case is upheld
- Evo Triangle speed cameras 'still not active'
- Paul Gascoigne sex assault trial: Ex-footballer 'sloppily' kissed woman
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The undergraduate Catechetics Major at Franciscan University is a challenging and fruitful program. Our graduates are well-equipped to serve the Church and share the faith. We prepare you to excel as a teacher at all levels of catechetical ministry--teaching in Catholic schools, RCIA, adult faith formation, parish catechetical programs, youth ministry, campus ministry, and others.
The Church needs quality men and women who know the faith and are ready and eager to share it. Our program will increase your preparation to fill that need better than any other.
Due to the high number of students who wish to study catechetics and the high level of excellence we expect from our graduates, students interested in majoring in Catechetics must apply to be a part of the program.
A student who would like to apply to the Catechetics major must:
Timeframe for opportunities to apply: Each class will have two opportunities to be accepted into the major: one at the end of their freshman year, and another at the end of the first semester of their sophomore year. Applications are available at the beginning of the semester in which they are due.
Application reviews and class scheduling: All applications are reviewed by the Catechetics faculty at the end of the semester, after all grades have been turned in. All students who apply should register for their next semester classes as though they were accepted into the Catechetics program, following the Catechetics Major Typical Program. Students who are not accepted into the major program must adjust their schedules accordingly.


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Ten Schools in Ten Days: Washington State Women's Basketball Preview
Oct. 25, 2005
Moral victories are tempting but to true competitors it's no substitute for the real thing.
'Losing is unacceptable,' Washington State Head Coach Sherri Murrell flatly states. 'Don't accept it. Build upon competitiveness; build upon competitive losses, but get somewhere after that.'
The Washington State women's basketball team displayed several significant signs of improvement during the 2004-05 season.
The Cougars made substantial progress closing the scoring gap in games each year since Murrell's arrival at WSU, culminating in an average scoring margin that was in single digits.
Another indication of the progression was the increased number of competitive games that went down to the wire. In 2004-05, WSU was involved in nine games decided by six points or fewer, more than the previous two seasons combined (eight).
Defensively, the team held the opposition to below 70 points 19 times. In 2003 that number was seven and improved to 13 in 2004.
Finally, WSU began its climb in the conference standings with its highest finish in the Pac-10 since 2001.
Despite those improvements the category that the team did not make headway in was the win column, as the Cougars were only able to match their 2004 win total.
'One of the signs of how the program is beginning to grow is that it is being competitive,' Murrell added. 'However, those competitive losses are in no way satisfying to us.'
Therefore, as she enters her fourth season on the Palouse, Murrell is focused on instilling in the team that winning, with postseason competition the goal, rather than being competitive, is what the Cougars will be pushing toward from this point forward.
Headed for that goal is a team comprised of 14 student-athletes, two more than who were on last year's squad. The increased number will give Murrell what was missing last season: depth.
Anchoring the Cougars is a quartet of players -- juniors Kate Benz and Adriane Ferguson and seniors Charmaine Jones and Keisha Moore -- who are all returning starters and played a significant role in the Cougars' improvements last year.
None more significant than the achievements by forward Kate Benz. Only a sophomore, Benz made history in 2005, becoming the first Cougar to lead the conference in rebounding.
The 6-foot-2, Portland, Ore. native averaged 9.1 rebounds a game to best Oregon's Cathrine Kraayeveld by nearly a rebound a game. Rebounding was not the only category that Benz made an impression in the Pac-10 rankings. Benz was third in the conference with eight double-doubles, led the conference in defensive rebounding (6.57/game), was fifth in offensive rebounding (2.50/game), and eighth in minutes played (31.86). Additionally, she was 15th in scoring (10.4 ppg).
'It was an enormous accomplishment, especially when you look at her size and height,' Murrell said of Benz leading the Pac-10 in rebounding. 'Kate is someone who doesn't jump out at you as a rebounder when you look at her. But you can't look at her heart and it is huge. She has a passion to get the ball and she has a passion for winning. She seems to find where the ball is and get it.'
Another category that Benz was in the conference upper echelons was minutes played. Benz averaged nearly 32 minutes a game, eighth most in the Pac-10, and was the only player to start every game for WSU.
The accumulation of minutes may have taken its toll during the season's latter stages. In the final seven games, Benz averaged 8.6 points and 7.7 rebounds a game.
That was a drop-off from 11.7 points and 10.7 rebounds a game during the previous seven-game stretch.
The lack of depth the Cougars experienced in 2005 was only magnified by the fact of where the Cougars play: The Pacific- 10 Conference.
'As much as we are getting better, so is the Pac-10,' said Murrell, who signed a contract extension last March that will keep her at WSU through 2010. 'To have five teams go to the NCAA Tournament and all of them advance out of the first round is impressive.
'That challenge was difficult last year in the sense that we had a lot of close losses in the Pac-10 schedule,' Murrell added. 'In the large majority of those games we just ran out of fuel. We did not have depth. The great play of some of our players that we depended on was negated because we just ran out of gas at the end.'
Second on the team in minutes played was Ferguson, who averaged 29.6 minutes a game. After missing the season-opening game against Boise State with a concussion, the 6-foot guard played in every game after that, starting all but one contest.
Ferguson started the season off on a torrid pace. In her first game of the season at Nebraska, Ferguson drained six 3-pointers en route to scoring 26 points. Ferguson followed up that performance with an 18-point effort in the win at St. Mary's (Calif.) on her way to earning an All-Tournament team selection at the Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic.
In her first eight games, Ferguson averaged 13.4 points and registered seven double-digit scoring games. Her production tailed off, however, over the ensuing 19 games as the Spokane, Wash., native averaged 7.9 points a game and recorded seven double-digit scoring games.
Ferguson didn't let the end of the Cougars' basketball season end her playing time for the year as she traveled as a member of an Athletes in Action team that toured Spain in May.
'I truly believe that this will be Adriane's best year,' Murrell said. 'She is ready now more than ever. 'The first recruiting class of ours, Kate and Adriane, are juniors now,' Murrell added. 'They have a lot of experience, including at the international level.'
Charmaine Jones finished the season third on the team in scoring with a 9.3 points a game average. Consistency, or lack thereof, beset Jones throughout the season. The 5-foot-6 guard scored in double-figures in 11 games including a career-high 26-point performance at USC; however, all but two of Jones' double-digit point games came in consecutive occurrences.
'Charmaine had some great games but lacked consistency,' Murrell said. She's an impact player but she has to be able to bring it every night.'
After sitting out the season's initial seven games because of NCAA transfer rules, Moore played in every game, starting nine of the last 10 games including the final seven games of the season. The 6-foot-2 forward ended the season fourth in the Pac-10 in blocks (1.2/game) and seventh in rebounding (6.0/game).
'Keisha is a big part of our nucleus,' Murrell said. 'She was out of basketball for a year and a half so it took awhile for her to adjust. Her best games came at the end of the year and she will impact us at the start of this season.'
Backing up the four returning starters are a group of six returners and a freshmen class that Murrell describes as 'the most solid recruiting class that the staff has put together' since she has been at WSU.
Senior Crystal Blue returns after an injury-plagued junior campaign. Blue, a 5-foot-10 guard, missed the final 14 games of the season with a stress fracture of the third metatarsal bone on the left foot. When healthy, Blue played in 12 games, including three starts.
Another Cougar who was hampered by a foot injury was redshirt sophomore Nikki Stratton . Stratton redshirted last year for medical reasons as the 5-foot-11 guard had an injury to the sesamoid bone under the right big toe, which occurred during the 2003-04 season.
'Nikki's type of injury is very painful,' Murrell said. 'She may play one night and she may not go another night. It is really disappointing but she is a strong tough kid, and we are hopeful for her recovery. Even the nights when she is going to be hurting quite a bit she is going to give us 100 percent.
'It's a similar situation with Crystal,' Murrell continued. 'They both have unique injuries to their toes and it's just one of those things where both of them are going to be touch and go.'
A trio of players, Dani Montgomery, Jordan McCormick and Brynn Bemis , make up the Cougars' sophomore class.
Montgomery brings what Murrell depicts as 'fire to the team.' The 5- foot-11 guard played in every game before missing the last three games with a right high ankle sprain that occurred in the first half of the game at Washington, Feb. 19. Prior to her injury, Montgomery had averaged 3.1 points and 1.7 rebounds a game.
'Dani has done a great job of working on her skills from the outside,' Murrell said. 'She is a kid who played on the inside as a high school player so she needed to develop her outside skills and she has worked extremely hard to do that. She is someone who is going to get better each year.
'The area that hurt us the most was shooting,' Murrell added. 'Our defense kept us in ballgames. You look at our shooting percentage and say `How are we in games?' It was because of our defense. Dani is someone who contributed to that defensively. She is a stopper. She is someone who we can put on an opponent's better guards.'
McCormick was another player who missed a good part of the season due to injury. The 5-foot-10 guard missed a dozen games during the Pac-10 portion of the schedule with a mild shoulder sprain. McCormick's year was highlighted by a season-high seven-point effort in a win at San Diego State, Dec. 11. McCormick sparked a comeback by accounting for the Cougars' final five points of the first half, which shaved an eight-point Aztecs' lead to three at the break.
'Jordan is maturing in this game,' Murrell said. 'She has tremendous athletic ability, which is something that she has to combine with the level of competition that we are playing. She is working extremely hard on her skills to go along with that.'
Bemis is WSU's two-sport athlete. A goalkeeper for the soccer team, the 5-foot-10 Bemis walked on the basketball team in November of last year and played in four games during the season.
'Brynn is such a quiet core to our team,' Murrell said. 'She is someone who contributes in all the intangibles that our team needs. Brynn is a two-sport athlete so she just needs more time on the court to develop her skills. She has done a great job; she has worked extremely hard.'
Redshirt freshman Sabrina Shired rounds out the returning contingent. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Shired was unable to play last spring but did practice with the team. The 6-foot-4 center averaged double figures in points and rebounds in each of her last three years at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, Calif.
'With her size, Sabrina is going to be a defensive stopper,' Murrell said. 'She will make people adjust. She's hasn't played basketball in a year and a half so I don't see consistency happening right away, but she can contribute just by her pure size.'
In addition to the returners, a quartet of freshmen arrives to contribute depth to the team.
Katie Appleton will replace Jessica Perry , who departs WSU seventh on the school's all-time assists list with 335, at the point. The 5-foot-8 Appleton comes to WSU from Apple Valley High School near Big Bear Lake, Calif.
While at Apple Valley, Appleton averaged at least 11 points and six rebounds a game in each of her last three seasons. A three-time All-CIF Southern Section First Team honoree, Appleton earned Mojave River League's Player of the Year honors as a sophomore when she averaged 11.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.2 steals and 5.1 assists a game for a team that compiled a 21-6 record including a perfect 8-0 mark in league play. As a senior, Appleton recorded 14.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.5 steals a game.
'Katie Appleton thinks like a senior as a freshman,' Murrell said. 'She is a smart, intelligent point guard and is someone I don't feel uncomfortable putting out there as a freshman to be able to lead our team because she can handle that. I look for her to jump right in and carry our team as the point guard.'
For a team that finished 2005 last in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage (.354), Murrell sees Amanda DuRocher as a key additional threat from the outside.
A 5-foot-9 guard from Bethel High School in Spanaway, Wash., DuRocher was named the South Puget Sound League's co-Player of the Year. DuRocher averaged 17 points a game leading Bethel to a 23-4 record, including an undefeated mark in league play en route to a SPSL South championship.
'Amanda will help us win games with her shooting ability,' Murrell said. 'She has a strong upper body and her range is pretty far out. She will give us a spark in that category for sure.'
The other half of the freshmen class, Ebonee Coates and Heather Molzen , bring the Cougars an added presence in the key.
Coates comes to WSU from Curtis High School in Tacoma, Wash. The 6-foot-4 center, who was named as a Top 100 Seniors by Blue Star Index, scored 723 points in her Curtis career. In addition, Coates was a member of the USA West team that won every game at the 2004 USA Basketball Women's Youth Developmental Festival.
'Physically, Ebonee is exactly what we need in the post,' Murrell said. 'She has long arms, is tall, very muscular, and very strong as a freshman. The more experience that she gets, she is going to get better and better. She has the potential to be one of the outstanding posts to come out of here.'
Molzen, a 6-foot-3 forward/center, comes to WSU from El Capitan High School in Lakeside, Calif. As a senior, Molzen averaged 18.4 points and 11.2 rebounds a game. She led East County in field goal percentage at 61.4 percent (212-of-345) and blocks (3.1/game). Those numbers earned her a third straight All-Grossmont North League and All-East County First Teams in addition to being named first team All-CIF Division II.
'Heather is a Kate Benz but taller,' Murrell said. 'Her rebounding is the biggest asset that she brings to us. She rebounds really well. She also is someone who can play on the inside and the outside. Heather is someone, from the time when we recruited her, who has jumped 10 steps ahead in each aspect of her game. She keeps getting better and better.'
Six teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament, including three Sweet 16 participants, and a trip to Hawaii Thanksgiving weekend highlight this season's schedule.
'What jumps out to me about the schedule is that it's a good mixture of home and away games,' Murrell said. 'We play some very challenging teams that have NCAA experience. I'm excited to play back-to-back home games to get the season started.'
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Being sited on the main migration route of many species, Bardsey (or Ynys Enlli in Welsh) is a well-known site for migrant birds, turning up many scarcities and rarities, as well as large numbers of common migrants. The island's list now stands on 326, after the recent addition of Citrine Wagtail in October 2012.
Although Bardsey's reputation for rare birds may not quite match that of some observatories, it is almost certainly the best site in Wales for rarities. Among Bardsey's rarer visitors are the first Summer Tanager (1957) and Yellow Warbler (1964) to have been recorded in Britain and Ireland, as well as American vagrants such American Bittern, Sora, Kildeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Grey-cheeked Thrush, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-eyed Vireo, Common Yellowthroat, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Blackpoll Warbler. To add to this impressive list of rarities, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs, Lanceolated Warbler, River Warbler, Booted Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eyebrowed Thrush, Thrush Nightingale, Red-flanked Bluetail, Isabelline Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Collared Flycatcher, Blyth's Pipit, Pine Bunting, Rock Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting and White-throated Sparrow have all been recorded.
Besides the rarities, Bardsey regularly attracts large numbers of weary migrants during 'fall' conditions in Spring and Autumn, largely a consequence of the fully operational Bardsey Lighthouse. In 2011, for example, a single grounding of migrants resulted in over 1000 Willow Warblers making groundfall on the island in August. In the not-so-distant past, a single attraction of 40,000 Redwings occurred in late October at the end of the last century.
Breeding birds
Bardsey is home to some 16, 000 pairs of Manx Shearwaters, which can be heard on dark nights from mid-March to August. They breed in their excavated burrows, which are scattered all over the island. Chough is the most important species of conservation concern, with between four to eight pairs nesting around the coastal cliffs most years, and a wintering flock of up to 50 individuals. Two pairs of Peregrines breed on the island, and a single pair of Ravens also nest in most years. There are several species which nest only occasionally, such as Sparrowhawk and Little Owl, along with Afro-Palearctic migrants like Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. Up to ten pairs of Stonechats can nest in the isolated gorse patches around the island, along with one or two pairs of Skylarks, and many Linnets and Meadow Pipits. Corncrakes were once a common breeder on the island, although since 1970 there have been no confirmed pairs nesting. In recent years the likes of Lapwing, Yellowhammer, House Sparrow and Starling have also all become extinct as breeding species. In contrast, Shelduck, Puffin, Long-eared Owl and Goldcrest have been added to the breeding bird list since 1998.
Ringing is a very important part of the observatory's role on the island. Since 1953, the observatory has ringed over 250, 000 birds of 191 species. The highest number ringed in a single year was 1988, with a total of 11, 301 birds ringed of 93 species. There have been many days in the observatory's history when several hundred birds have been ringed in one day; these occasions have mostly involved breeding seabirds, although these numbers can also easily occur with migrant species.
A total of 420 species of moths have been recorded on the island: 275 species of macro and 145 species of micro-lepidoptera. Bardsey is not an overly good location for scarce moths, although the existence of Thrift Clearwings (Nationally scarce) has been established on the Thrift plants around the coast in recent years, after first being recorded in the years 1980 and 1996. Migrant moths arrive in small numbers every year, for example the annual arrival of Hummingbird Hawkmoths in the autumn; rarer immigrants in the past have included Death's Head Hawkmoths, Vestals, Crimson Speckled and Red-necked Footman.
In recent years, a greater emphasis has been placed on recording and identifying the so-called 'micro-moths', which has resulted in the finding of 41 new species for Bardsey since 2011. In 2012, the coastal subspecies of Eana penziana (E.p.colquhounana) was re-found on the island, which was the first time that this Nationally Scarce species had been recorded on Bardsey since 1966. Apotomis semifasciana is also amongst the scarcer species of micro-moths to inhibit the island (also Nationally Scarce).
Butterflies are present on the island in small numbers, with species such as Common Blue, Small Copper and Small Tortoise-shell being the most common. A scarcer breeding species is the Grayling, which can be found in small numbers on the top of the mountain. Migrant butterflies such as Painted Lady can arrive in their hundreds, although other migrants such as Clouded Yellow and Dark-green Fritillary are quite rare.


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The Basement Parking space type refers to parking located below grade within an occupied building. As defined for the WBDG, the Level of Service (LOS) (refer to Architectural Graphic Standards, 10th Edition, page 106) of the Inside/Basement Parking is LOS B, indicating use by some unfamiliar users, moderate daily turnover, and medium percentage of small cars and light trucks; and requiring one-way aisles of 11'-0" straight-ways and 13'- 6" turns. See also WBDG Parking Structure.
Space Attributes
First and foremost, parking structures—either basement, structured, or surface—must provide for the safe and efficient passage of automobiles as well as visitors to and from their vehicles. Therefore, attention should be given to providing the maximum driver visibility possible at all turning points along the roadway. While federal courthouses have Inside/Basement parking for only the judges and Marshals Service, it is typical beneath office buildings for building occupants and visitors as well. Characteristics and features that distinguish the Basement Parking space type include:
- Additional Structural Requirements: Below grade extension of the building structure to accommodate basement parking is required. This involves additional excavation, structural frame, floor slabs above, sloped vehicle access ramps, and basement perimeter walls and partitions separating parking from other building enclosed areas. Typical structural floor construction is 4000 PSI 6" concrete slab with welded wire fabric designed for a live load of 80 LBS/SF, and with a ramp slope of no more than 5.5%.
- Signage and Wayfinding: Signage should indicate all major internal pedestrian access points as well as external major roads and buildings. In basement parking, pavement markings are reflective paint and traffic control signage is usually reflective metal with minimum 5" high letters. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (ANSI D 6.1e) provides guidance on pavement marking and signage.
- Ventilation: The parking area is generally supplied with unconditioned air utilizing multiple speed fans, preferably interlocked with carbon monoxide detectors tied into an alarm system. 1-1/2 CFM per square foot capacity and 100% exhaust air coordinated with the supply air system is recommended.
- Parking Management: Usually pre-manufactured booths with transaction windows and deal trays are installed at vehicular entrances/exits to manage entering and exiting vehicles. A cooling system, like a packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC), is usually incorporated to supply the booth with outside air at a positive pressure relative to surrounding parking areas.
- Security Protection: Beyond parking management, several security measures are incorporated into typical basement parking spaces to ensure the security of visitors. These generally include: uniform lighting coverage, preferably with energy- efficient light fixtures; closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras; card reader access control for vehicle entrance doors; concrete filled protective bollards to protect vehicle entry keypads; and hydraulic lift wedge type barriers for egress control. Also critical is security control of access from the parking area to other occupied areas of the building either through termination at a security screening in the main lobby or through access control at the elevator or stair entrance. Elevator lobbies are usually tempered safety glass panels with glazed exterior doors containing keyed lever lockset with panic release bar. See also WBDG Safe—Security for Building Occupants and Assets.
- Fire and Life Safety: Proper notification systems, lighting, and signage are required to facilitate safe and speedy evacuations during an emergency in the basement parking spaces. This is usually accomplished with proper fire alarm wiring, pull stations, strobes, annunciators, and exit signage. In addition, exposed pipe sprinkler system is extended into the basement parking, with a hose bib at every level. See also WBDG Safe—Fire Protection.
- Drainage and Storm Water Management: Water runoff from vehicles is typically dealt with in basement parking spaces by installing trench drains with cast iron covers at all vehicle entrance/exit points, sand and oil traps at all storm drain discharge points, and floor area drains at every low point.
Example Plan
The following is representative of a plan of a basement garage located in a high-rise office building.
Relevant Codes and Standards
- GSA PBS-P100 Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service
- International Building Code
- UFGS 32 17 24.00 10 Pavement Markings
Additional Resources
Building Types
Educational Facilities, Federal Courthouse, Health Care Facilities, Libraries, Office Building, Parking Facilities, Research Facilities
Space Types
Structured Parking, Surface Parking
Design Objectives
Secure / Safe—Fire Protection, Secure / Safe—Security for Building Occupants and Assets
- Architectural Graphic Standards, 12th Edition by American Institute of Architects, Dennis J. Hall. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.


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Assessment: Costa Rican roller coaster
Costa Rica exited the World Cup after upsetting the odds to make it to the quarterfinals, where the Netherlands ended their remarkable journey. ESPN FC blogger Matt Levin gives his verdict on the brighter points of the campaign as well as what went wrong.
One sentence: World Cup recap
Nobody gave Costa Rica a chance, but the Ticos conquered three former champions in the group stage, bested the Greeks in the last 16 and came achingly close to a spot in the semifinals in the country's best-ever World Cup performance.
Star man
Coming off a fantastic season with Spanish side Levante, many figured Keylor Navas had a chance to break out on the world's grandest stage. The 27-year-old goalkeeper ended up exceeding the high expectations in Brazil. He conceded just two goals in five matches -- one of which was a penalty -- to lead the Ticos to the quarterfinals for the first time.
With the help of a strong back line, Navas kept his team from falling behind in group stage matches against Uruguay, Italy and England. The keeper saved his best for the knockout rounds, though.
In those nervy matches against Greece and the Netherlands, Navas was called on to make vital saves again and again. In the Greece game, he survived a barrage of shots late in the day with his team down a man before the modest keeper carried Costa Rica into the next round by denying Theofanis Gekas in the penalty shootout. He held off the Dutch and their hoard of attacking stars as well. Navas rebuffed brilliant free kicks and point-blank blasts (while also receiving some key assistance from the goal post) to keep his team alive. Although the Netherlands managed to topple him at last in the quarterfinal shootout, Navas arguably departs as the tournament's best goalkeeper.
Costa Rica got off to a rough start in their tournament opener against Uruguay, falling behind thanks to a penalty in the opening half. Everything that happened after that just brought highlight after highlight for ecstatic La Sele fans. Striker Joel Campbell kicked off the party with the team's first goal, a rocket from inside the box early in the second half against Uruguay -- with his thumb-sucking celebration almost as memorable as the goal itself. Oscar Duarte then scored the best goal of the day with a diving header from a set piece, and Marco Ureña sealed the Ticos' first shock victory with a carefully placed shot from a difficult angle. Bryan Ruiz's game-winning header against Italy clinched Costa Rica's spot in the knockout round, while there weren't really any highlights in the scoreless tie with England.
All team assessments
Group Stage: Australia | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Cameroon | Croatia | Ecuador | England | Ghana | Honduras | Italy | Iran
Ivory Coast | Japan | Portugal | Russia | South Korea | Spain
Round of 16: Algeria | Chile | Greece | Mexico
Nigeria | Switzerland | Uruguay | United States
Quarterfinals: Colombia | France | Belgium | Costa Rica
Semifinals: Brazil | Netherlands
Finalists: Argentina
Winners: Germany
Then the Navas show really began, with the goalkeeper making a handful of remarkable saves against Greece in the round of 16, including saving the crucial shootout penalty that saw the Ticos surpass the achievements of the country's historic 1990 squad by making it to the quarterfinals. Taking the Dutch to a shootout in the last eight was no mean feat, though Jorge Luis Pinto's side could not repeat the five out of five spot-kicks trick they managed in the round of 16.
Equally as impressive was the jubilation back in Costa Rica that accompanied each upset. The images from the capital were especially memorable; tens of thousands of supporters sporting red would clog the streets of downtown San José and revel late into the night.
Low points
The Ticos tired out in the knockout rounds and played some grisly defensive football to survive Greece and the Netherlands for 120 minutes each. There were many complaints about Costa Rica's game plan seeming like a variation of the Greeks' safety-first football, but it was a necessary evil.
The worst moment, however, would come in the shootout against the Netherlands. Pinto was outsmarted by an opposing side's manager for the first time at the finals as Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal had saved reserve keeper Tim Krul for penalties. The towering, trash-talking shootout specialist appeared to get in the heads of La Sele as both Ruiz and Michael Umana missed their attempts. It was a brilliant gamble by the Dutch that paid off.
Lessons learned
The much-maligned CONCACAF region now has three legitimate sides. The Ticos will need to start performing better at lesser tournaments, including the federation's Gold Cup, but there is no doubt that Costa Rica now belongs in the same breath as Mexico and the United States when talking about the region's potential. From Campbell to Navas, the Ticos have young talent to build around at both ends of the pitch.
Even though Pinto has likely coached his last meaningful game for Costa Rica, the players have gained invaluable experience from their giant-killing run in Brazil. A small Central American nation -- participating in only a fourth World Cup -- the Ticos looked fearless against sides that possessed long, more illustrious histories. Costa Rica never complained about their draw as they were placed in the first World Cup group ever to feature three former champions. The players believed in Pinto's tactics and a methodical defence, an approach that proved enough to send a country of less than 5 million into a month-long euphoria.
Matthew Levin is a journalist based in San José, Costa Rica, where he has thrived since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @mattlevin.


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Scotland v New Zealand, Murrayfield, November 11
Scotland search for elusive first win against Kiwis
ESPN Staff
November 5, 2012
New Zealand's Andy Ellis celebrates their seventh score against Scotland back in 2010 © Getty Images
Scotland will be looking for a first-ever victory over New Zealand when they play host to the World Cup holders at Murrayfield on Sunday.
They have faced the All Blacks 28 times in total, and only twice have they managed to avoid defeat. The Scots remarkably held the Kiwis to a
Since then, though, the Scots have suffered 16 successive defeats at the hands of the Kiwis. Many of the defeats have been of the heavy variety, with the Scots' nadir undoubtedly a 69-20 capitulation in Carisbrook in 2000.
Jonah Lomu scored a hat-trick on that occasion, while Tana Umaga bagged a brace but the 2010 side came close to emulating that vintage when they won 49-3 in the last meeting between the two sides. They scored seven tries with Hosea Gear and Mils Muliaina both grabbing braces while Dan Carter kept the scoreboard ticking over with the boot.
Scotland v New Zealand All-time record: Played: 28, Scotland won 0, New Zealand won 26, drawn 2.
Biggest winning margin: Sco: N/A; NZ: 49, 69-20 at Carisbrook, 2000.
Highest score: Sco: 31 (31-62) at Carisbrook, 1996; NZ: 69 (69-20) at Carisbrook, 2000.
Most tries: Sco: 3 (30-48) at Loftus Versfeld, 1995 and (31-62) at Carisbrook, 1996; NZ: 11 (69-20) at Carisbrook, 2000.
Longest winning sequence: Sco: N/A; NZ: 16 (1987-present day).
Most points (individual): Sco: Gavin Hastings 50; NZ: Andrew Mehrtens 108.
Most tries (individual): Sco: 2 Bruce Hay, Cammie Murray, Eric Peters and Doddie Weir; NZ: 7 Jonah Lomu and Tana Umaga.
Most points in a Test: Sco: 16 Rowen Shepherd at Carisbrook, 1996; NZ: 23 Andrew Mehrtens at Loftus Versfeld, 1995.
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