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Nineteen nominees were recently announced for the Saving Lives at Birth Development Exchange challenge. All these finalists will now enter into the negotiations process before the awards can be issued.
The call for nominations for the award was issued in March this year. The global community was asked to submit promising solutions to address the causes of maternal and newborn deaths in rural areas of the developing world. The participants were asked to come up with new technologies, new service delivery models and new ways to stimulate demand for healthcare services at the time of birth. The call elicited more than 600 submissions from around the world.
From July 26-28, the 77 finalists travelled to Washington, D.C. to compete in the final stage of this competition, display their ideas to the public in an open market place and establish connections with a community of innovators dedicated to a single cause: ensuring every mother delivers safely and every newborn has a healthy start to life.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined the Saving Lives at Birth partners – USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and The World Bank – to congratulate the nominees for award.
