International leaders call for more investment in global health

A new high-level Taskforce to identify and promote innovative financing mechanisms for health results in poor countries, held its inaugural meeting in Doha at the UN Financing for Development Conference. This builds on substantial experience gained since the first conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey in 2002."This is a unique moment for us all. These are extraordinary, challenging times for the global economy. Yet we know they are also extraordinary, challenging times for the millions of poor. For the tragic truth remains that a child dies every three seconds, a mother dies in pregnancy or childbirth every minute and there are around 7,000 new HIV infections every day" said the UK Secretary of State Douglas Alexander in Doha at the first meeting of the Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems. Read the Press Statement