Ottawa, Ontario - 19 February 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Bill Gates will visit Ottawa on February 25, 2015.
The visit will provide an opportunity to take stock of the productive and longstanding partnership between the Government of Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and to discuss opportunities for future collaboration, especially in the area of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).
More specifically, the two are expected to discuss ways of ensuring that MNCH remains a global priority, including as a prominent feature of the post-2015 development agenda, and the need to develop clear, measurable objectives to end the preventable deaths of women and children.
“Civil society organizations, including foundations, continue to play a critical role in improving maternal, newborn, and child health around the world. As a global leader on these issues, Canada has had the opportunity to forge partnerships with dynamic organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, resulting in the pooling of knowledge and resources for the greater good of humanity.”
– Prime Minister Stephen Harper
