This week Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development announced a second round of awards for innovative approaches and solutions to improve the lives of mothers and children:
Over the course of the program, the partners aim to invest at least $50 million in groundbreaking and sustainable projects with the potential to accelerate substantial progress against maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths at the community level.
The winners of the previous grants include various mobile phone applications and mobile based interventions, new drug delivery methods, programs to increase community awareness and participation and many others.
Applications must be submitted by April 2 To learn more, read the full USAID press release.