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A Mother with her newborn at Kangaroo Mother Care in Malawi

WE SEEK TO ADDRESS ROADBLOCKS
to healthy pregnancies and births in three major domains ...
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A mother holding her newborn baby to her chest

Childbirth
is when mothers and babies are most vulnerable ...
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Secretary Clinton, Melinda Gates, Administrator Shah and Partners

SAVING LIVES AT BIRTH LAUNCHED
by Secretary Clinton, Melinda Gates, Administrator Shah and Partners ...
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Saving Lives at Birth: Development X Change - July 27-28, 2011 Washington DC

DevelopmentXChange
The 2011 DevelopmentXChange was in downtown Washington, D.C. July 26-28th.
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Nominees for seed grants announced at DevelopmentXChange

Innovators
Top award nominees for seed grants announced at 2011 DevelopmentXChange
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View our DevelopmentXChange Documentary on the News/Media page

USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and The World Bank have joined to launch Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development. We call on the brightest minds across the globe to identify and scale up transformative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in rural, low-resource settings around the time of birth... Learn more

ROUND 2 Draft RFA is posted for public comment - we welcome your feedback by January 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm EST via grandchallenge2012@usaid.gov.