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USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and DFID have joined together to launch Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development, to find the tools and approaches to help the mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours. Round 3 applications are due by March 28th, 2013.

The MANDATE team recently published a new article in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 'The MANDATE model for evaluating interventions to reduce postpartum hemorrhage' can be accessed here:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.10.030

A recent article by Thairu et al. explores the medical devices designed for newborns in low-resource settings, and the barriers to their use. For more information, please see: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.12021/full

A recent expert panel at the Wilson Center discussed the life-saving potential of a core group of medicines- magnesium sulfate, oxytocin, and misprostol, and the need to make these medicines more widely available. According to recent estimates, including a new UN report, this group of medicines could save the lives of more than 70,000 mothers over the next five years.