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Catch up on the latest news on SMI's work in the region. Our blog features stories from the beneficiaries we work with, as well as partners and governments.
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Preparatory Meeting of IDB Governors Held in San Pedro
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Fuente: LoveFM
With Belize considered a leader in Performance Based Financing, both the Ministry of Health and the SM2015 initiative will join efforts to reduce equity gaps to meet the millennium development goals in the Mesoamerican region.
IDB Governors Meet In Belize
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Fuente: Channel 7 Daily News
Thirty thousand young Belizean women and children are expected to benefit from the Salud Mesoamerica 2015 initiative, a project that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality among the poor. It's an innovative public and private partnership that seeks to reduce…
Belize joins the Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative
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Fuente: Caribseek News
SAN PEDRO (IDB) - Today Belize joined the Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative (SM2015) for a project that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality among the poor, benefiting more than 30,000 young women and children.
Malaria kills twice as many people as previously thought
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Fuente: The Guardian
Malaria kills 1.2 million people every year, a finding that has implications for global efforts to eliminate the disease
Collective Impact
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Fuente: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Next Step in Fighting Disease in the Developing World
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Fuente: Hawaii Reporter
Article of Eric G. Bing, Senior Fellow and Director of Global Health at the George W. Bush Institute, about campaign to improve health in developing countries.
Rethinking cash transfers
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Fuente: ODI Background Notes
This Background Note reviews the evidence on conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to promote safe motherhood – a concept that spans not only care during pregnancy and childbirth, but access to family planning and equitable health services – comparing them to other…
Spain officially approves contribution to the SM2015 Initiative
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Fuente: Times Guyana
The government of Spain has officially finalised its contribution to the Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative (SM2015) – US$42 million, to be disbursed between 2012 and 2016.
Do you want a work for the SM2015 Initiative? We are looking for a Grants/Financial Officer
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SM2015 Initiative - Grants/Financial Officer position open