Over the past year, the Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths (EPCMD) Panel1 has worked with dedicated leadership, and staff of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID has been a world leader in improving the lives of mothers and children around the world. In 2012, along with Ethiopia and India, USAID led the world with a pledge to end preventable child and maternal deaths (EPCMD) within a generation. This set the stage for the creation of a global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths