Toronto to play host to maternal, child health summit in May
by The Daily Eye Team March 22 2014, 11:10 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 37 secsCanada will host an international summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.
Harper said the summit builds on the work Canada began at the Muskoka G8 meeting in 2010.That meeting backed a five-year, multibillion-dollar program to improve the health of mothers and children in developing countries.
The Toronto meeting will bring together experts from governments, international organizations, charitable foundations and the private sector to measure progress to date and look at future directions. It will look at ways to strengthen health systems and vital statistics systems and to build partnerships with the private sector to take advantage of innovation, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
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