Answering the Call on the Disability Treaty

By Chris Whatley on November 22, 2013

Ambassador Power spoke passionately about the importance of the UN Disability Treaty at UNA?s Global Leadership Dinner on November 6 and thanked UNA for our support to date. However, just this week she reached out to us again to ask us to use our network of grassroots UN supporters to spread the word on the importance of this vital treaty.

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mHealth in Action: CommCare to Support Community Nutrition

By Chelsea Hedquist on November 21, 2013

The second stop of my 10-day, 6-city journey across India took me to a village called Barwani, approximately three hours southwest of Indore in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

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UN Foundation brings top young entrepreneurs to UN headquarters

By Guest Blogger on November 20, 2013

Since the birth of the United Nations 68 years ago, its mandate has been to address the world?s most pressing issues in order to maintain international peace and security.To help solve these challenges, the UN is increasing its task force — but not in the way you might think.

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Update on the UN’s Typhoon Haiyan Response – Join the Effort

By Guest Blogger on November 20, 2013

The United Nations, along with the Philippine government and other humanitarian organizations, has mounted a massive and immediate response to provide emergency relief, including food, clean water, sanitation, and shelter, to the regions severely affected by the typhoon

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Celebrate the Toilet

By Guest Blogger on November 19, 2013

Sometimes the things that bring the greatest benefits to our lives are also the most underappreciated. Example: toilets. Can you imagine your life without one?

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Shocking Statistic of the Day

By Jenni Lee on November 18, 2013

Worldwide, 2.5 billion people don?t have access to basic sanitation like toilets and latrines. As UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, a leading advocate for clean water and sanitation, points out, ?More people have cell phones than toilets in today’s world.?

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“Girls are for marriage”: How one woman is changing the views, and lives, of thousands

By Negin Janati on November 15, 2013

At age five, Kakenya was engaged to a boy from her neighborhood, and she considered herself lucky. Her new fianc?e was around her age, and most girls in her community met their husbands ? much older men ? on their wedding day.

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Shining a Light on Health Care Heroes

By admin on November 15, 2013

When the sun sets tonight around the world, more than 400 maternity clinics that long labored in darkness will have light. Reliable, robust, and easy to use ?Solar Suitcases? will provide light and power for midwives and doctors to deliver babies, conduct c/sections, treat pregnancy complications, and care for newborn babies in 25 countries. For many mothers and babies, that light may mean life.

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Mobile Health in Action: Sesame Workshop India

By Chelsea Hedquist on November 14, 2013

Last month, I spent 10 days zigzagging across India, stopping in six cities on an unforgettable journey to visit the sites of several projects that the mHealth Alliance supports through our Innovation Working Group catalytic grant program.

Through this program, which is supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, we provide funding and technical assistance for mobile health (mHealth) projects that aim to improve maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries. This trip gave us the chance to see some of their work in action.

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Progress on family planning – and why it matters

By Jenni Lee on November 13, 2013

This week, thousands of researchers, development experts, policymakers, and others are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss one of the most important global issues: family planning.

Around the world, more than 220 million women want, but don’t have access to, modern contraception – which means they aren’t able to decide the timing and spacing of their families. Denying them this basic human right has far-reaching effects for themselves, their families, their communities, and their countries.

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