Saving Lives at Birth Model: A Combined Grand Challenge Effort

Friday, 14 February 2014
Columbus KL (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
Wendy Taylor , USAID, Washington, DC
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development seeks to find the tools and approaches to help mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours. The partners in this Grand Challenge effort seek groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of delivery. This presentation will examine the innovators and the successes and failures in the program to date.