India to host global summit on child and maternal deaths

New Delhi: The health ministry on Thursday announced that India will host the global call to action summit 2015 on ending preventable child and maternal deaths in New Delhi.

The summit will be co-hosted with the health ministry of Ethiopia and in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Tata Trusts, UNICEF, USAID and WHO.

The summit will be a platform for 24 nations and the summit partners to deliberate upon the importance of systems, partnerships, innovations, convergence and evidence in ending all preventable maternal and child deaths.