Partnerships for Women's Health - Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact / United Nations University Research Brief 1/2009 (www.unu.edu)

Martina Timmermann () and Monika Kruesmann

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Abstract: Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental human right. Is a new approach possible, one that looks beyond common project paradigms and standards? What could such an approach look like, how might it operate, and what might be its effect? The Women’s Health Initiative, an innovative public private partnership that drew reference from the UN Global Compact, provides a possible model.

Keywords: Women's maternal mortality; women's health; reproductive health; Millennium Development Goals; human right to best attainable health care; India; endoscopy; minimal invasive surgery; access to health; SME; PPP; UN Global Compact; corporate social responsibility; costs; infrastructure; medical training; capacity building; poverty. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 A13 D61 D63 D78 H41 H51 I11 I12 I18 J13 J16 L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09-15
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