September 25, 2015 – GBCHealth today announced a commitment to focus $5 million USD of organizational resources over the next five years on efforts to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), and continue the advancement of corporate engagement on these issues through its communications, advocacy and partnership platforms. Building on the foundational work of the organization and … Read More
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015
The United Nations is now in the process of defining Sustainable Development Goals as part a new sustainable development agenda that must finish the job and leave no one behind. This agenda, to be launched at the Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, is currently being discussed at the UN General Assembly, where Member States and civil society are making … Read More
GSK’s malaria candidate vaccine, Mosquirix™ (RTS,S), receives positive opinion from European regulators for the prevention of malaria in young children in sub-Saharan Africa
24 July 2015 | Via GSK WHO will now assess how the world’s first malaria candidate vaccine might be used alongside other tools to prevent malaria GSK announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive scientific opinion for its malaria candidate vaccine MosquirixTM, also known as … Read More
Private Sector Pre-Meeting to the Consultation for the UNSG’s Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
The Government of the Republic of South Africa and Every Woman Every Child, with support from the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, are organizing a consultation from the 6th-7th of May in Johannesburg, South Africa on the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030). The new strategy … Read More
Private Sector Pre-Meeting to the Consultation for the UNSG’s Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
The private sector will convene on Tuesday, 5th of May in Johannesburg, South Africa ahead of the Government of the Republic of South Africa and Every Woman Every Child hosted consultation on the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030). During the private sector side-meeting, participants will provide feedback on their engagement in the Global Strategy to date, identifying successes and … Read More
Business and the Health Millennium Development Goals in India: Closing the Gaps
A new report by GBCHealth, written in partnership with the MDG Health Alliance, presents a snapshot of health-related corporate investments in India, with a focus on business action on the MDGs. Based on survey findings from 23 leading Indian and multinational companies, the report – titled Business and the Health Millennium Development Goals: Closing the Gaps – documents the key … Read More
The Latest 2014 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Reports
As we near the final year marker for the Millennium Development Goals, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival, and the Independent Expert Review Group have released reports on the current progress of health programming to reduce the burden of death and disease, the gaps in programming, financing and infrastructure, and … Read More
Guide to 2014 UN General Assembly Side Events
The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will convene the week of September 22nd in New York City, drawing together government, business and health leaders from around the world. A prominent theme this year will be the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—eight targets that the global health community is working toward achieving by 2015, and the new Post-2015 Sustainable … Read More
Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange
From July 30 – August 1, 52 finalists will compete in the final stage of the fourth Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development at a DevelopmentXChange in Washington, D.C. The DevelopmentXChange is a key feature of the Saving Lives at Birth program and serves as the first step in building a community of innovators to tackle this … Read More
Latest report in RBM’s Progress & Impact Series launches at the United Nations Headquarters in New York
In the margins of the annual High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York, RBM gathered health and development leaders from the UN and diplomatic communities to launch the latest report in its Progress & Impact Series to help assess progress towards targets set out in the Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP) and the … Read More