Background 

1. Japan's ODA for maternal health 
  - Priority issue (since GII in 1994) 
  - Diverse modalities 
  - Impact 

・UNICEF's programs for maternal health 
  - Safe Motherhood Initiative 
  - Emergency Obstetric Care

2. Millennium Development Goals 
	1990 → 2015 
  - U5MR: Reduce by 3/4 
  - MMR: Reduce by 2/3 
  - Infections: Halt and Begin to reverse

3. Global Partnership 
  - How to attain common goals 
  - Japan-UNICEF partnership 
      UNFPA, WHO, WB, USAID, etc. 
  - Harmonization ; Demarcation


Objectives

1. To review global efforts for MMR reduction 
2. To review impacts of programmes/projects 
3. To examine human resource development, system development and M&E


Contents

1. Overview & Review 
2. Case studies 
3. Discussion 
  - Human resource development 
  - System and capacity development 
  - Monitoring & Evaluation