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Today, at the Partners' Forum of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health, the most recent 'Countdown to 2015' report was released. The new report includes profiles all of the 75 'Countdown' countries and their progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Assessment of the data used to support decision-making in maternal and child health is also included.

USAID Global Health Programs released its annual progress report today. The agency's report highlights its work in ending preventable maternal and child deaths, including scale up of low-cost lifesaving innovations.

The World Health Organization recently published its annual series of medical innovations that aim to improve the health outcomes of populations in low-resource settings.

The WHO also announced the call for applications for the 2014 Compendium: http://www.who.int/medical_devices/innovation/call_2014/en/

In advance of the Canadian world health summit on maternal and newborn health at the end of this month, Grand Challenges Canada announced new investments in global projects that aim to improve the health of mothers, newborns and children in low-resource settings. The projects include innovations to improve survival through nutrition, water and sanitation, and mobile technology.