in sub-saharan africa today, more than 50% of the women give birth without any help. that means one out of 22 women dies giving birth or through pregnancy complications. as opposed to 7300 to one in the north. this is what is being done in the summit, an event tomorrow the secretary-general is convening to draw the attention of the plight of the women in developing countries, especially in sub-saharan africa which, where we can achieve success very quickly. we have to link this problem either to the global fund or have another -- other funds to provide money to implement the strategy to achieve the success which is possible. >> this ties very closely to the point about education. there is the part of this story that says, there needs to be more skilled berth attendants to be what the women and then there is a part of the story that says culturally i needed to want someone to be with me, or i need to go to a clinic or hospital which culturally may not be part of my mind set. >> we ran into that we were traveling in the middle east this spring. the doctor and i were tal

why has the fda not established an office in sub-saharan africa? it is obviously a critical area in addressing global health, addressing specific concerns of the fta. we are working regionally in africa now, through various programs, including the pepvar program, drugs that are available through that program for the treatment of hiv aids as well as tuberculosis. we are also working in sub- saharan africa with colleagues from the gates foundation on important project to look at ways to strengthen regulatory capacity in the region. this is a high priority, for me as commissioner. i think it is essential that the usda, sister regulatory authorities in other parts of the world that are sophisticated and mature, work together to make sure we do everything we can to build regulatory capacity in the developing world. this matters to us in terms of raising the standards and oversight of products, import commodities that will be imported into the u.s. is important to those nations in the developing world. by strengthening legator capacity in those countries

goals in general and in concrete in education and there are probably some twenty countries in sub-saharan africa which are confronting enormous difficulties and we believe that we have to focus and help them but let me make another point talking about education i do believe that all of course the eight million development goals are closely interlinked poverty eradication of poverty or gender equality or pandemic such as ha ve in aids. in education of course closely interlinked but still i believe that education underlies the implementation of all the other a million and development goals the secretary general mr ban ki moon said a new priority in the rightfully so i would say concerning maternal health and child mortality where progress has been probably the least. analyzed and good preached. and now by discuss that also with the world health organization with the director general mr mcnamee says margaret a child and with unicef a coordinator and with mr bunky one himself last week i do believe that. without education what. every investment we make in maternal health and child mortality to take

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on november 1 we will add our third chair for sub-saharan africa. i believe you can get to equitable voting over time. our staff reflects the changing role. for the first time in our history, all are managing directors and leaders from developing -- our leaders from developing countries. it also means changing how we research economics at the bank. we certainly recognize that we don't have all the answers and we have to revisit old assumptions and open our doors to new ideas. we are very excited about moving to a new model for development research. one that gives people outside the bank the tools to do their own research and come up with their own conclusions. it can draw on the experience and knowledge of people in developing countries, those that are closest to the problem of poverty. this week, the bank has doubled the number of indicators is releasing to the public and providing them free of charge. we are complementing the data by sharing software applications that let other scrunch their own numbers and to double check hours. today we are laun

if you are an african woman in a rural part of the country in sub-saharan africa and perhaps you are hiv-positive, you might be able to go one place and get entire trials -- antiretrovirals. you may go to another place and with the u.s.a.i.d. program get your children immunized. you may go to another place to try to get health care for pregnancy and labor and delivery. you may go to another place and try to get help with your crops -- to get fertilizer and seeds. we have all these parallel structures. the problem is that, if you are an ambassador or the secretary of state, if you call everybody who works either directly for the united states government or on contract for the united states government who is working in development to come together, as i have done in the past, i can guarantee that the people in the room often do not even know each other and rarely work with each other. at some point, that is not a sustainable model. in our own tough budget times, i have to be able to not just speak to the commonwealth club, but also make the case in the american public and the american