The 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO annual conference will be held in Melbourne from 30 August to 1 September 2010 on the theme of "Global Health Challenges: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals".

The international community has agreed to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Three of the MDGs relate directly to health. This conference will provide a unique forum for NGOs to discuss challenges and solutions to global health issues. The deliberations at the Conference and its outcomes are expected to inform the forthcoming UN review of the Millinnium Development Goals scheduled to take place in the latter half of 2010. For more information about the conference please visit the conference website.

On Monday, 30 August at 2:30 P.M. the Medical Women’s International Association will sponsor a workshop entitled "Incorporating Gender into Healthcare and its Effect on Global Health and the Achievement of the MDGs". This workshop will give participants an understanding of the principles necessary to incorporate gender awareness into healthcare. The workshop moderator will be Dr. Padmini Murthy (Medical Women’s International Association, USA) with speakers Dr. Gabrielle Casper (MWIA, Sydney, Australia), Dr. Desiree Yap (Australian Federation of Medical Women, Melbourne, Australia) and Dr. Jo Wainer (Australian Women’s Coalition, Australia).

To download the workshop flyer please click here.