MEDIA ADVISORY - PRESS CONFERENCE - New Government of Canada funding announcement to support UNICEF's innovative technology to save vulnerable children and newborns

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UNICEF Canada

Apr 30, 2014, 12:00 ET

VANCOUVER, April 30, 2014 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada will announce new support for a UNICEF program using innovative technology to save the world's most vulnerable children and newborns.

The announcement will be made by the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C, Minister of National Revenue and MP for Delta—Richmond East, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie. She will be joined by Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia. UNICEF Canada's President and CEO David Morley will speak on implementation of the new program, UNICEF's use of innovative technologies to reach vulnerable children and Canada's global leadership in improving maternal, newborn and child health.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Canada will host Saving Every Woman Every Child: Within Arm's Reach, an international summit that will shape the future of Child and Maternal Health collaborations in Canada and around the world from May 28-30, 2014, in Toronto. 

Through the Canadian-led Muskoka Initiative, the Government of Canada in partnership with organizations like UNICEF continues to lead global efforts in improving maternal and child health. Innovative ideas and technologies have proven critical in saving the lives of newborns and children and are often more cost effective and time efficient.

WHAT:

Government of Canada announcement on new support for UNICEF program using innovative technologies to save the lives of newborns and children.



WHO:

The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C, Minister of National Revenue and MP for Delta—Richmond East

David Morley, UNICEF Canada President and CEO



WHEN:

Friday May 2, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Media should please arrive at 9:45 a.m.



WHERE:

BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre, 4500 Oak St. Vancouver, BC Room D306

(Please use entrance 77 and take elevator to 3rd floor)

SOURCE: UNICEF Canada

Melanie Sharpe, UNICEF Canada, 416-482-6552 ext 8892, 416-871-7345 (cell), [email protected]

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UNICEF Canada

UNICEF is the world’s leading humanitarian organization focused on children. We work in the most challenging areas to provide protection, healthcare and immunizations, education, safe water and sanitation and nutrition. As part of the United Nations, our unrivaled reach...