Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least developed countri...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
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spelling okr-10986-243292021-04-23T14:04:21Z Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014 Kim, Jim Yong PROGRESS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BIRTH CHILD HEALTH QUALITY CARE CHILDBIRTH EQUITY ECONOMIC GROWTH WORKERS FINANCING DONOR WOMAN DEATHS INCOME CARE BIRTHS DYING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MOTHERS MORTALITY RATES HEALTH CARE DEATH FAMILY PLANNING HEALTH HEALTH WORKERS POPULATIONS QUALITY SERVICES MOTHER YOUNG CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT GOALS CITIZENS CHILD MORTALITY SAFETY NETS CHILD MORTALITY RATES BABIES ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL HEALTH MODERN FAMILY PLANNING CHILDREN MODERN FAMILY DISEASE NEWBORNS COSTS CAUSES OF DEATH IMMUNIZATION HUMAN RESOURCES POVERTY DONORS HEALTH SYSTEMS BABY VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEONATAL MORTALITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS VISION REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REGISTRATION FAMILIES WOMEN NEWBORN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS SERVICE DELIVERY BIRTH ATTENDANT GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SERVICES PREGNANCY MORTALITY LEGAL RIGHTS SERVICES TO WOMEN POLITICAL SUPPORT GLOBAL ADVOCACY Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least developed countries. He talks about shifting focus from inputs to paying for results, an approach that has been proven to be extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering frontline health workers with the autonomy and resources to develop strategies to improve service delivery has resulted in transformational changes in access and quality. As countries move toward universal coverage, fewer mothers die in childbirth, and more babies are born healthy. 2016-05-23T21:06:35Z 2016-05-23T21:06:35Z 2014-05-30 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25871342/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-maternal-newborn-child-health-summit-speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-latin-america-caribbean-getting-fit-next-big-challenge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24329 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech
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topic PROGRESS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
BIRTH
CHILD HEALTH
QUALITY CARE
CHILDBIRTH
EQUITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
WORKERS
FINANCING
DONOR
WOMAN
DEATHS
INCOME
CARE
BIRTHS
DYING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MOTHERS
MORTALITY RATES
HEALTH CARE
DEATH
FAMILY PLANNING
HEALTH
HEALTH WORKERS
POPULATIONS
QUALITY SERVICES
MOTHER
YOUNG CHILDREN
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
CITIZENS
CHILD MORTALITY
SAFETY NETS
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
BABIES
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
MATERNAL HEALTH
MODERN FAMILY PLANNING
CHILDREN
MODERN FAMILY
DISEASE
NEWBORNS
COSTS
CAUSES OF DEATH
IMMUNIZATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
POVERTY
DONORS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
BABY
VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
NEONATAL MORTALITY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
VISION
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
REGISTRATION
FAMILIES
WOMEN
NEWBORN
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SERVICE DELIVERY
BIRTH ATTENDANT
GLOBAL HEALTH
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
PREGNANCY
MORTALITY
LEGAL RIGHTS
SERVICES TO WOMEN
POLITICAL SUPPORT
GLOBAL ADVOCACY
spellingShingle PROGRESS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
BIRTH
CHILD HEALTH
QUALITY CARE
CHILDBIRTH
EQUITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
WORKERS
FINANCING
DONOR
WOMAN
DEATHS
INCOME
CARE
BIRTHS
DYING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MOTHERS
MORTALITY RATES
HEALTH CARE
DEATH
FAMILY PLANNING
HEALTH
HEALTH WORKERS
POPULATIONS
QUALITY SERVICES
MOTHER
YOUNG CHILDREN
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
CITIZENS
CHILD MORTALITY
SAFETY NETS
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
BABIES
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
MATERNAL HEALTH
MODERN FAMILY PLANNING
CHILDREN
MODERN FAMILY
DISEASE
NEWBORNS
COSTS
CAUSES OF DEATH
IMMUNIZATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
POVERTY
DONORS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
BABY
VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
NEONATAL MORTALITY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
VISION
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
REGISTRATION
FAMILIES
WOMEN
NEWBORN
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SERVICE DELIVERY
BIRTH ATTENDANT
GLOBAL HEALTH
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
PREGNANCY
MORTALITY
LEGAL RIGHTS
SERVICES TO WOMEN
POLITICAL SUPPORT
GLOBAL ADVOCACY
Kim, Jim Yong
Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least developed countries. He talks about shifting focus from inputs to paying for results, an approach that has been proven to be extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering frontline health workers with the autonomy and resources to develop strategies to improve service delivery has resulted in transformational changes in access and quality. As countries move toward universal coverage, fewer mothers die in childbirth, and more babies are born healthy.
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author Kim, Jim Yong
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title Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
title_short Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
title_full Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
title_fullStr Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Speech at Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto, Canada, May 30, 2014
title_sort speech at maternal, newborn and child health summit, toronto, canada, may 30, 2014
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25871342/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-maternal-newborn-child-health-summit-speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-latin-america-caribbean-getting-fit-next-big-challenge
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