The Globe and Mail features two stories discussing Canadian efforts to improve maternal and child health, including the upcoming Saving Every Woman Every Child summit.

Globe and Mail: Canada keeps its funding promises for world maternal and child health
“…Ottawa is on track to spend some $2.85 billion [US$2.6 billion] on maternal and child health initiatives around the world. The investment will be on display next week when the government convenes a group of global leaders for a summit in Toronto, including the Queen of Jordan, the Aga Khan, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…” (Mackrael, 5/24).

Globe and Mail: Maternal and child health innovators are developing lifesaving tools
“…Canadian-led projects are helping to add much-needed iron to people’s diets in Cambodia and developing new tests to determine whether a baby has pneumonia at clinics that don’t have access to X-rays…” (Mackrael, 5/24).