Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Effective interventions can save mothers’ and children’s lives. Why, then, do developing countries still account for 99 percent of deaths from maternally related causes? Why, in some countries, do more than 25 percent of children die before age five? This gap between the actual and the possible is a call to action. How do we deliver life-saving interventions to people who typically have been marginalized— those in the lowest economic strata, in remote areas, or in post-conflict countries?