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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 23 February 2009 Press conference on the occasion of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) special meeting to discuss and explore collaborative opportunities in advancing progress in maternal and girls' health, and neglected tropical diseases. Speakers will include: Marianne Barner, Head of IKEA Social Initiative; Bernard Pecoul, Executive Director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative; Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders; Kari Stoever, Managing Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases; and Nikhil Seth, Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. For the entire press conference: http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressconference/2009/pc090223.rm For the press release: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2009/090223_Health.doc.htm
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