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Maternal & Newborn Mortality

About 260,000 women and 2.3 million newborns die each year from largely preventable causes around pregnancy and childbirth, concentrated in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Cheap, evidence-backed interventions exist, but the space is comparatively crowded with major funders.

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Surviving Birth: Closing the Maternal and Newborn Mortality Gap

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