The Lancet Countdown to MDG 4 & 5 special issue was launched at a press conference in London on Thursday 10th April. We have recorded the whole event which you can listen to here which includes presentations from:

-Flavia Bustero, Deputy Director, Partnership for maternal, Newborn & Child Health, WHO
-Jennifer Bryce, John Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
-Giulia Greco, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
-Elizabeth Mason, Director of Child and Adolescent Health Department, WHO
and
-Ann Starrs, President of Family care International

The audio also includes the question and answer session with journalists. Peter Salama, Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF, joined this session by conference call

 

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Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, and Richard Lane, web editor, discuss more about the aims of The Lancet Global Health Network–a virtual Global Health think-tank that will bring together scientific research in global health and be an instrument for advocacy.

 

 Richard Horton discusses the aims of The Lancet Global Health Network: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download