Making Maternal Health Matter in the Pacific: Report of the NZPPD

Making Maternal Health Matter in the Pacific: Report of the NZPPD

The NZPPD is a cross-party group with currently 44 members representing almost 40 per cent of all New Zealand MPs.

The group has provided a forum for New Zealand MPs to engage and act on international population and development issues for 11 years.

The report, Making Maternal Health Matter, is the result of an Open Hearing on Maternal Health in the Pacific held by NZPPD in September 2009, where individuals and organisations working within the field were able to voice their concerns to New Zealand parliamentarians’ about the challenges still facing maternal health in the region.

Making Maternal Health Matter, brings together the key messages from the Open Hearing, with recommendations from NZPPD on where urgent action is needed.

The report has set out 18 recommendations to improve maternal health in the Pacific. Among the key areas are: gender equality, an emphasis on political priority, strengthening health systems and expanding family planning to remote areas.

The report highlights the deaths of five women a day in the Pacific due to pregnancy or childbirth related causes

To access this report, please visit the FPI website.

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