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Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths Bulletin
Updates on USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Programs and Partnerships
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Administrator Samantha Power Calls for a New Strategic Approach to Regain Global Health Progress
In a major policy speech at the Center for Global Development, USAID Administrator Samantha Power presented a strategic approach for reclaiming and accelerating public health progress around the world. Read her full remarks.
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In India, USAID partnered with local NGOs and the Indian Government to dispel myths and vaccinate over 15 million people. Read the full story to hear more about Mosli, an older woman who became a champion for COVID-19 vaccines in her community after learning about the benefits of vaccination from USAID.
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 Credit: Fredrik Lerneryd for USAID
Malawi is one of the few countries on track to achieve SDG 3.2— ending preventable deaths of newborns and under-5 children. Check out this story to see how USAID’s investments are improving access to primary health care for families in Malawi. .
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 Credit: Solan Kolli for USAID
By investing in health extension workers, USAID ensures that locally led, tailored solutions connect people who live in hard-to-reach settings with essential health services. Learn how local health extension workers in Ethiopia are using the power of technology to support women and families to have better access to critical health services and information.
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 Credit: Kate Holt for USAID
Globally, half of health care facilities lack basic hygiene services. While progress has been made to scale up infection prevention control and readiness in health care facilities, lack of support for health care workers to sustain these improvements is putting this progress at risk. Learn how USAID is supporting health workers to provide clean care and prepare for the next pandemic.
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USAID Reaffirms Commitments to Maternal and Child Survival During Spring Events
Assistant Administrator for Global Health, Dr. Atul Gawande provided keynote remarks at the first ever virtual Child Health Task Force conference to underscore the need for collective action to reduce inequities in child health and emphasize the importance of high quality child health services through a stronger primary health care workforce. Explore conference materials.
At the 76th World Health Assembly, Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, Michele Sumilas, provided remarks that featured USAID's new framework that provides a strategic approach to measurably improve health outcomes for women and children through an intensified focus on coverage, quality, and equity.
Maternal and newborn health leaders gathered at the first biennial International Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Cape Town, South Africa this spring, where Assistant Administrator Atul Gawande, provided remarks to drive urgent action for the health of mothers and newborns.
At the second Global Childhood Pneumonia Forum, Dr. Pavani Ram, Chief of Child Health and Immunization, offered commitments on behalf of USAID. Additionally, USAID Assistant Administrator Atul Gawande, provided video remarks at the event underscoring USAID’s commitment to prevent, protect, and treat pneumonia in children.
In a major policy speech at the Center for Global Development, Administrator Samantha Power presented a strategic approach for reclaiming and accelerating public health progress around the world.
 
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USAID is committed to shifting funding and decision-making power to the people, organizations, and institutions that are driving change in their own countries and communities. This report provides the first status update on USAID’s progress toward the targets set by Administrator Power to direct a quarter of funding directly to local partners and by 2030, for at least half of USAID programs to create space for local actors to exercise leadership over priority setting, activity design, implementation, and defining and measuring results.
On March 21, 2023, diverse global stakeholders, comprising leaders from governments, civil society, and private sector organizations, convened both virtually and in Washington, DC for a high-level event: Maternal and Child Survival: A Decade of Progress and Action for the Future. This factsheet outlines key outcomes from development partners, global health experts, and representatives from all over the world to agree on a shared vision for maternal and child health in the decade to come.
Nutrition affects every aspect of human development: from children’s performance in school, to our ability to fight off diseases, to a nation’s health, and economic advancement. This web feature presents the overall state of nutrition worldwide, the biggest challenges in the way of reaching our shared nutrition goals, and how we can build on the momentum around global nutrition to create a foundation for nutrition service delivery for lifelong health.
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