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U.N. Set To Announce Expansion Of 'Every Woman Every Child' Program
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday is expected "to announce a significant expansion of the organization's ambitious global program to tackle infant and maternal mortality and boost access to reproductive health over coming years," the Financial Times reports. The announcement "will highlight the doubling of commitments from governments, the private sector and non-profit organizations on funding and policy initiatives for the 'Every Woman Every Child' program," the newspaper writes (Raval et al., 9/19). The announcement comes "[a]s the U.N. General Assembly opens a new session" and is "being called on [by the international community] to provide more family planning services to hundreds of millions of women," according to VOA News (DeCapua, 9/19).
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