Over the past 25 years, great strides have been made in maternal and newborn health — the number of maternal deaths dropped by nearly half since 1990, and the number of newborn deaths fell 47% between 1990 and 2015.

And yet, in spite of substantial advances in maternal and newborn health over recent decades, roughly 300,000 girls and women still die due to pregnancy- and childbirth related complications every year. 830 a day. One every 2 minutes.

This isn’t just unacceptable – it’s unnecessary.

Providing quality healthcare and nutritional support for all women and babies is a small price to pay for a healthy generation.

This month, Women Deliver returns to its roots by focusing our monthly theme on Maternal and Newborn Health, but in the spirit of the Deliver for Good campaign we are taking an integrated approach by also spotlighting the critical role nutrition plays in saving lives and safeguarding the health of women and newborns, just as we are linking maternal health to other issues like non communicable diseases, gender equality, and education. Our work is varied: bringing unseen issues like diabetes in pregnancy out of the shadows; elevating the work of midwives; highlighting breastfeeding as a healthy practice; and advocating for safe abortion as a strategy to lower maternal deaths.

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