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Mexico National Safe Motherhood Committee Comite Promotor Por Una Maternidad Sin Riesgos En Mexico

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Grants to Mexico National Safe Motherhood Committee Comite Promotor Por Una Maternidad Sin Riesgos En Mexico

  • $350,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 3 years)

    SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO — A $350,000 grant over three years to the Mexico Safe Motherhood Committee, composed of government and civil society agencies, will support the development and implementation of reproductive and maternal health policies and programs, with emphasis on southern states with large indigenous populations, Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca where access to quality maternal health services is limited.

  • $220,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO — To strengthen professional midwifery and improve the accountability and implementation of the federal maternal health program (over 18 months).

  • $350,000Active Strategy

    2009 (Inactive Grant)

    SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO — To support efforts to decrease maternal mortality in Mexico (over three years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Mexico National Safe Motherhood Committee Comite Promotor Por Una Maternidad Sin Riesgos En Mexico $920,000 between 2009 and 2012.