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• Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 in the WHO European Region: 2011 Update
  20-04-2012
  As called for by Regional Committee for Europe Resolution EUR/RC57/R2, this report constitutes the biennial update on the progress made towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals in the European Region. It draws on the most recent data sources available, as of July 2011, for Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 on, respectively, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases (including tuberculosis).
• WHO/Europe launches road map to halt spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis
  10-10-2011
  Today, WHO/Europe launches the road map to prevent and combat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) for the 53 countries in the WHO European Region.
• TB Road map and action plan to be launched in Moscow
  04-10-2011
  The new Road map and action plan to prevent and combat drug resistant TB in the European Region will be launched 10 October 2011, at the International MDG-6 Forum, in Moscow, Russian Federation, where donors, international agencies and health decision-makers from Europe will discuss accelerated action to reach the Millennium Development Goal 6.
• First Lady of Georgia becomes Goodwill Ambassador for WHO/Europe
  28-03-2011
  At an official ceremony on Monday 28 March 2011, WHO/Europe welcomed the First Lady of Georgia, Mrs Sandra Roelofs, as WHO Goodwill Ambassador in the European Region for the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
• Violence against women: an urgent public health priority
  08-03-2011
  Addressing violence against women is central to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 on women's empowerment and gender equality, as well as MDGs 4, 5 and 6. It is also a peace and security issue. In spite of this recognition, investment in prevention and in services for survivors remains woefully inadequate.
• Gender equality key to Millennium Development Goals
  28-02-2011
  Gender equality and empowerment of women – Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 – contribute to progress on all other MDGs, especially MDG 4 on reducing childhood mortality and MDG 5 on improving maternal health.
• Are we on track? Progress towards MDG 3, 4 and 5 in Europe. Entre Nous 71, 2011
  10-02-2011
• How health systems can accelerate progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health by promoting gender equity
  07-02-2011
  This briefing highlights the implications that gender inequity has for the achievement of MDG 4 and 5 on maternal and child health. It is a follow-up to World Health Assembly resolution 63.15, which urges Member States to renew their commitment to prevent and eliminate maternal, newborn and child mortality and morbidity and to World Health Assembly resolution 60.25 that urges WHO and Member States to integrate gender analysis into their work. The briefing focuses on the actions that health systems can take to address gender inequity within and beyond the health sector.
• Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
  16-12-2010
  Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
• Progress regarding MDGs 3, 4 and 5. Draft conclusions from WHO meeting of national focal points for family and community health in Durres, Albania.
  06-10-2010
  Government officials, UN agencies and other partners from more than 25 countries met in Durres, Albania last week to take stock of the progress in achieving MDGs 3 (Promote gender equality and empower women), 4 (Reduce child mortality) and 5 (To improve maternal health) in the WHO European Region.
• Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on improving Child and Maternal Health and Gender Equality in the WHO European Region - Upcoming meeting of focal points in Albania, Durres, 28-30 September
  21-06-2010
  WHO/Europe is organizing a meeting for Government officials, UN agencies and other partners with the overall aim to review the progress in achieving MDGs 3, 4 and 5 in the WHO European Region, and identify immediate and long term actions for the reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health in the region. The meeting will emphasize how gender inequalities impact on the achievement of MDG 4 and 5.