Maternal and Child Survival: A Decade of Progress and Action for the Future

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We have everything we need to end preventable maternal and child mortality in a generation, we just have to get to work together.

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USAID Administrator Samantha Power

On March 21, 2023 USAID along with the UNICEF, and the Governments of India, Senegal, and the United Kingdom hosted the Maternal and Child Survival: A Decade of Progress and Action for the Future event in Washington, DC commemorating the 10th anniversary of the  2012 Child Survival Call to Action

Administrator Samantha Power provided opening remarks, unveiling Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths: A Framework for Action in a Changing World, 2023-2030, USAID's new strategic framework that chronicles the progress made across 25 countries since 2012, and lays out an action plan for country-led programs to measurably improve health outcomes for women and children through an intensified focus on coverage, quality, and equity of health care services. Other distinguished speakers at the event included: Dr. Atul Gawande, USAID Assistant Administrator; Dr. Ashok Babu, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Dr. Amadou Doucoure, Director of Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Health and Social Action, Government of Senegal; Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF; and The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Government of the United Kingdom. 

The event was broadcast globally via a live webcast with over 3,200 virtual participants. A number of USAID partner countries used this as an opportunity to host their own watch parties and events, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia Kenya, Nigeria, and South Sudan. Satellite events planned in Malawi and Nepal will occur later this year.

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Stories of Impact

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Primary Health Care

Convenient Care: How monthly clinics bring primary health care services closer to communities in Malawi

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MALAWI | Meet Elinat and her newborn at Kainja clinic in Malawi. USAID supports primary health care delivery in Malawi, at clinics like the one where Elinat takes her baby, by training health surveillance assistants, providing supplies, supporting District Health Management teams, and delivering logistical support to conduct outreach clinics in hard-to-reach areas.

Delivering Quality

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Learn how USAID’s partnership with the Government of India transformed labor and delivery rooms for safer childbirth. Thanks to the respectful care and delivery that Shivani, a new mother, received last month at the Ranchi District Hospital, in Jharkhand, India, she can now spend time recovering and enjoy thinking about name choices for her newborn with her husband, Amit. 

Safe Childbirth Close to Home

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A mother in Senegal names her newborn after her midwife to honor the quality of care she received at community-invested health post. Read her story and learn how USAID is supporting women and children in Senegal to have sustainable access to high quality quality health services for improved health outcomes over the course of their lives.