One of the key programs this year will be the Joining Hands Initiative, a joint program by the Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the federal government to improve maternal care and child health in Tanzania by funding the upgrading of health services, training local health practitioners, improving technology and ensuring community access to services.
The Vancouver event precedes next week’s three-day Toronto summit that will seek to build international consensus on how best to improve maternal, newborn and child health in the developing world. Among the participants will be Prime Minister Stephen Harper, President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, WHO Director-General Margare Chan, the Aga Khan, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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