Asserting that the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 is well within reach, India has outlined six key actions, including gender equality, to accelerate efforts to achieve this goal. Speaking at the meeting on “Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths,” Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said the other actions include the power of belief, partnership, evidence, communication and untapped power in health financing and organization. In his keynote address, he called upon global leaders to urgently invest in girl child education to realize the goal of ending child and maternal deaths. He asserted that it is the collective responsibility to ensure that the investments and the benefits of development reach every mother and child, for creating a better future for the generations to come. “It is now evident that with the sustained efforts across the globe…the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 seems well within our reach,” Vardhan said. The day-long event was organized by the United States Agency for International Development, India and Ethiopia in association with the Melinda and Gates Foundation.

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