A Lancet World Report article examines how many are looking to the new U.N. agency tasked with advancing women's equality and rights to help improve the health of women in developing countries. According to the journal, U.N. Women, which "merges several organizations previously charged with advancing gender equality and female empowerment" is expected to "be operational by January, 2011, headed by an Under Secretary-General to be appointed by [U.N. Secretary-General] Ban [Ki-moon] before September's Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit...
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