The H4+ Partnership: Joint support to improve women’s and children’s health, Progress report 2014
<p style="font-size: medium;">The H4+ Annual Progress Report looks at the activities of the H4+ partnership at the global level, and implementation of work by country teams around the world, during the 2014 calendar year.</p><p style="font-size: medium;">This information was gathered via surveys, which were sent to 75 countries where more than 95 per cent of all maternal and child deaths occur. Sixty-two countries responded to the questionnaire. The findings show that major changes are happening with the collaboration of national governments, partner organizations and the H4+ partnership</p>
The H4+ Partnership: Joint country support to improve women’s and children’s health, Progress report 2012
<p style="font-size: medium;">H4+ is an initiative of collective leadership and a collaborative effort by six agencies within the United Nations system (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank). Together, they provide harmonized support to countries in their efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5, and work towards realizing the objectives of the Global Strategy.</p><p style="font-size: medium;">H4+ was initially established before the Global Strategy and focused on advancing maternal and newborn health in support of MDGs 4 and 5. After the 2010 launch of the Global Strategy, the focus of H4+ was expanded to include reproductive health, child health, and the task of helping countries put into action their commitments under the Global Strategy for the integrated package of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) services.</p><p style="font-size: medium;">This report includes an assessment of the support the H4+ partnership has provided to countries in reaching their reproductive,&nbsp;maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) goals.&nbsp;</p>
The H4+ Partnership: Joint support to improve women’s and children’s health, Progress report 2013
<p>This progress report includes an assessment of the support the H4+ partnership has provided to countries in 2013. This report was developed by WHO and UNFPA, in collaboration with UNAIDS, UNICEF, UN Women and the World Bank.</p>
H6 Annual Report 2015
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-32affea0-20d3-5d14-4210-30988435222b" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;">The H6 Joint Programme is a collaborative effort of H6 partners (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank) for accelerating improved maternal and child health in 10 countries with the highest maternal mortality and morbidity.&nbsp;</span></p>
Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life
Decades ago, Jumwa Kabibu Kai was pregnant with her second child in the small village of Kidutani, Kenya. The area was poor and isolated – her nearest neighbour was 3 kilometres away – and there was no easy access to a health facility. But Ms. Kai did not know these circumstances would initiate “50 years of a long nightmare,” as she later described it.