Faith Based Organizations Working in Maternal and Child Health

WCC campaign to mobilize faith-based and other civil society organizations to galvanize international and country-level support for the 'UN Global Strategy on Women's and Children's Health.' 2011 March. World Council of Churches. The World Council of Churches (WCC), with funding from the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Norway, committed itself to support the "Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health" by working across faiths and engaging with different civil society groups and governments to secure commitments from partners on maternal and child health policies.

The role of faith-based organizations in maternal and newborn health care in Africa. 2011 May. International Journal of Gynecology & Obsetetrics. Global disparities in maternal and newborn health represent one of the starkest health inequities of our times. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have historically played an important role in providing maternal/newborn health services in African countries. However, the contribution of FBOs in service delivery in insufficiently recognized and mapped.

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