| The
report was lauched on Wednesday 6th May 2009. To
read the report click here Background
return to top In
July 2008 the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive
Health announced that it would be holding hearings on Maternal Morbidity.
A call for written evidence was circulated to a large number of groups and individuals
and was posted on this website. Click here
to read the call for evidence. Over
fifty written responses were received and are posted below. The
Group held hearings, for selected organisations to give oral evidence,
on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th December 2008 which were open to the public.
Click here for the
schedule. The
Group's
Report on Maternal Morbidity was launched
in the House of Commons on Wednesday 6th May. Click here
to read the press release. Two
powerpoint presentations have been produced on the Hearings. Click here
for the short presentation and here
for the longer presentation. For
further information regarding the hearings, contact Ann Mette Kjaerby on kjaerbym@parliament.uk
or on 0207 219 2492. Oral
Evidence return to
top Click on
the transcript number to read the Hearing Transcript. Monday
8th December (morning session) - Transcript
One Dr John
Kelly, Obstetrician; Dr
Tony Falconer, Vice President and Dr Nynke van der Broek, Director
International Office, Liverpool, RCOG; Frances Day-Stirk, Director of Learning,
Research and Practice Development, RCM Dr
Gill Greer, Director General, IPPF; Rosey McDonald, Programme Officer,
Women and Children First (UK); Getachew Bekele, Senior Advisor to the MSI
Global Partnership, MSI; Karen Newman, Coordinator, PSN
Monday
8th December (afternoon session) - Transcript
Two
Dr Maliha
Rashid, Bangladesh MoH representative; Binjwala Shrestha, White Ribbon
Alliance, Nepal and Brigid McConville, Director, White Ribbon Alliance Naana
Otoo-Oyortey, Executive Director, FORWARD; Max Lawson, Head of Development
Finance and Public Services Team, Oxfam; John Nduba, Director for Reproductive
and Child Health, Nairobi, Amref Tuesday
9th December (morning session) - Transcript
Three Gilda
Sedgh, Senior Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute; Alec Cumming,
Chief Executive Officer, Immpact; Amy Ong Tsui, Director and Professor,
John Hopkins SPH - Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population & Development Ian
Anderson, Advisor, Principle Economist, Health Services Delivery, Regional
and Sustainable Development Department & Mr Bruce Purdue, Head of the
Results Management Unit, Strategy and Policy Department, Asian Development Bank;
Veronique Filippi, Senior Lecturer, LSHTM Tuesday
9th December (afternoon session) - Transcript
Four Dr Hedia
Belhadj, Executive Coordinator, Global Health, UNFPA; Ian Pett, Chief
of the Health Systems and Strategic Planning Unit of the Health Section, UNICEF
Mary Ellen Stanton,
Senior Advisor for Maternal Health, USAID Malcolm
McNeil, Head of AIDS and Reproductive Health Team, John Worley, Head
of Profession, Health and Sandra MacDonagh, Health Adviser, Reproductive
and Sexual Health, Department for International Development Written
Evidence return to
top Click on the
links to read the evidence Additional
written evidence is in bold | Specialised
NGOs | | | 1.1
Center for Reproductive Rights | Evidence,
Supplementary
Materials, Broken
Promises Report, Leaflet,
Advocacy
Toolkit, Appendix |
| 1.2 Foundation for Women's Health
Research & Development (FORWARD) | Evidence
| | 1.3 fpa | Evidence
| | 1.4 Interact
Worldwide/Action for Global Health/Countdown 2015 Europe |
Evidence |
| 1.5 International
Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) | Evidence,
Appendix 1,
Appendix 2 | | 1.6
International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP) | Evidence | | 1.7
Ipas | Evidence | | 1.8
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) | Evidence,
Case Study | | 1.9
Marie Stopes International (MSI) | Evidence,
Appendix 1,
Appendix 2, Cries
& Whispers Report | | 1.10
Maternity Worldwide | Evidence | | 1.11
National Childbirth Trust | Evidence,
Appendix 1, Appendix
2, Appendix 3 | | 1.12
Population Action International | Evidence | | 1.13
Population and Sustainability Network (PSN) | Evidence
| | 1.14
SafeHands for Mothers | Photo
Evidence | | 1.15
White Ribbon Alliance | Evidence,
Case Studies,
Appendix 1, Appendix
2 | | 1.16
WOMANKIND Worldwide | Evidence | | 1.17
Women and Children First | Evidence,
Appendix 1, Appendix
2, Appendix
3 | | General
NGOs | | | 2.1
AMREF | Evidence | | 2.2
Human Rights Watch |
Evidence | | 2.3
MERLIN | Evidence,
Case Studies | | 2.4
Oxfam | Evidence
| | UN
Organisations | | | 3.1
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Evidence,
Appendix 1, Appendix
2 | | 3.2
UNAIDS |
Evidence | | 3.3
UN Population Fund (UNFPA) | Evidence | | 3.4
UN Children's Fund (UNIICEF) | Evidence | | 3.5
World Health Organization | Evidence
| | Governments | | | 4.1
Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Evidence | | 4.2
Malaysia, Ministry of Health | Evidence | | 4.3
Pakistan, Ministry of Population Welfare | Evidence | | 4.4
Southern Sudan (Government of), Ministry of Health | Evidence | | 4.5
Uganda, Ministry of Health | Evidence | | 4.6
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DfID) | Cover
Letter, Evidence | | 4.7
United States, Agency for International Development (USAID) | Cover
Letter, Evidence | | Trusts/Foundations | | | 5.1
MacArthur Foundation | Evidence | | 5.2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Statement | | Academics | | | 6.1
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute
on Population and Reproductive Health, John Hopkins School of Public Health | Evidence | | 6.2
Joseph Speidel, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of
California, San Fransisco | Evidence | | 6.3
Columbia University, Mailman School for Public Health / Averting Maternal
Death and Disability Program / RAISE Initiative | Evidence | | 6.4
Guttmacher Institute | Evidence,
Appendix 1
| | 6.5
Immpact, University of Aberdeen | Cover
Letter, Evidence,
Appendix 1 | | 6.6
Jhpiego,
an affiliate of John Hopkins University | Cover
Letter, Evidence
| | 6.7
London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
| Evidence,
Contributors
& References, Case
Studies | | 6.8
Nuffield Centre for International
Health and Development, University of Leeds | Evidence | | Health
Workers and Country Studies | | | 7.1
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare | Evidence,
Appendix 1, | | 7.2
John Kelly OBE, MD, FRCOG, FRCS - Obstetrician | Evidence
| | 7.3
Royal College of Midwives | Evidence
| | 7.4
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | Evidence | | 7.5
SAHAYOG - Indian NGO | Evidence
| | Banks | | | 8.1
African Development Bank | Cover
Letter, Evidence
| | 8.2
Asian Development Bank | Evidence | | 8.3
World Bank | Evidence
| | Others | | | 9.1
Advocacy International | Evidence | | 9.2
Catholics for Choice | Evidence
| | 9.3
Child Health Advocacy International / The Advanced Life Support Group | Evidence,
Appendix
1 | | 9.4
Commonwealth Secretariat | Evidence,
Case
Study | | 9.5
Malaria Consortium | Evidence | | 9.6
Population Media Center
| Evidence | | 9.7
Realising Rights Research
Programme Consortium | Evidence |
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