Mrs. Florence Duperval Guillaume, Minister of Public Health and Population of Haïti will participate and intervene to the Saving Every Woman Every Child : Within Arm’s Reach Summit which opened this Wednesday, May 28 (May 28 to 30) in Toronto, Ontario.

The Saving Every Woman Every Child: Within Arm’s Reach Summit will bring together Canadian stakeholders and experts, as well as global leaders from developed and developing countries, international organizations, civil society, the private sector and foundations to take stock of the progress made to date and discuss the way forward wand will be the pportunity to build consensus on the focus of future international efforts in maternal, newborn and child health. More specifically, Summit participants will work together on three key objectives: delivering results for mothers and children, doing more together globally, and undertaking real action for women’s and children’s health.

Key international participants will include: Jakaya M. Kikwete, President of Tanzania ; Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan ; His Highness the Aga Khan ; Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations ; Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group ; Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ; Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; and, AnthonyLake, Executive Director of UNICEF.

The Summit will contain high-level keynote speeches and a mix of plenary and thematic sessions. They will focus on reducing newborn mortality; improving accountability through strengthened civil registration and vital statistics systems; saving lives through immunization; scaling up nutrition as a foundation for healthy lives; and building new partnerships with the private sector to leverage innovation and financing.

HL/ HaitiLibre