Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has launched its second call for innovative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the world. In this round, the Saving Lives at Birth partners will fund transformative approaches that cut across three main domains:<\/p>\n
1. Science & Technology: lack of medical technologies appropriate for the community or clinic setting;<\/p>\n
2. Service Delivery: lack of quality health services, including inadequate numbers of trained, motivated, equipped and properly located health staff and caregivers; operating without guidelines or evidence-based practices and limited by operational bottlenecks;<\/p>\n
3. Demand: insufficient awareness, motivation, empowerment, and ability to access health care or adopt healthy behaviors before, during, and after pregnancy.<\/p>\n
They are looking for interventions that:<\/p>\n
\u2022Increase access to primary health care for women and newborns by at least 50%;<\/p>\n
\u2022Substantially improve the quality of care as measured by health outcomes;<\/p>\n
\u2022Lead to improved and sustained healthy behavior.<\/p>\n
Seed grants (valued up to $250,000 USD each) and transition grants (valued up to $2 million USD each) will be awarded in this second wave of funding. Successful seed grants will be eligible to compete for follow-on transition grants in future waves of funding.<\/p>\n
The deadline is April 2, 2012<\/strong>. Details on how to apply for a grant can be found at www.savinglivesatbirth.net.<\/p>\n Internal contact for applicants and additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\nChristine Peachey, Manager International Projects<\/address>\nEmail: christine_peachey@carleton.ca Phone: 613-520-2600 ext 8358<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has launched its second call for innovative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the world. In this round, the Saving Lives at Birth partners will fund transformative approaches that cut across three main domains: 1. Science & Technology: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n