“Improving maternal, neonatal and child health should be one of the highest priorities” - Toronto, Canada, 29 May 2014

Despite significant progress in maternal, newborn, and child health globally, many preventable maternal deaths still occur in developing countries, where many women are not attended to by a trained midwife, nurse or doctor during childbirth. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV addressed this topic and AKDN’s related initiatives in this speech at the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit held in Toronto, Canada on 29 May 2014. Click here to read the speech.