Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, who serves as the United Nations Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador, will visit Zambia on November 14-16 to promote greater international awareness of the urgent need to reduce maternal death and halt the spread of HIV/AIDS. Both aims are contained in the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the world’s leaders in September 2000. “Every woman deserves to have her baby safely,” Halliwell said. “It is shocking that in this day and age, 1 in 6 women in the world’s poorest countries may die in childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable, all with simple and affordable services. I look forward to this mission so as to witness and to express support for the prevention efforts possible in the developing countries. I want help empower women in Africa, as healthy and educated women have a direct effect on their economies.”
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