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Civil Society Outreach Bureau for Food Security May 5, 2011 Wendy Taylor Senior Advisor, Innovative Finance USAID The Problem A woman dies from childbirth every 2 minutes The onset of labor marks start of high-risk period for mother

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Civil Society Outreach

Bureau for Food Security

May 5, 2011 Wendy Taylor Senior Advisor, Innovative Finance USAID

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The Problem

A woman dies from childbirth every 2 minutes

The onset of labor marks start of high-risk period for mother and baby until at least 48

hours after birth. Each year –

150,000 maternal deaths
1.6 million neonatal deaths
1.2 million stillbirths
Majority of deaths in low and middle income countries – less than half of these

mothers deliver in hospitals

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The Saving Lives at Birth Partnership

CHALLENGE To develop groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in rural, low-resource settings around the time of birth

This partnership will spark revolutionary advances that can dramatically reduce maternal and newborn deaths around the world.

Secretary Hillary Clinton

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The Challenge

We seek groundbreaking ideas that can LEAPFROG conventional approaches in three areas… technologies.

Roadblock: lack of medical technologies appropriate for the community or clinic setting Target: bold ideas for science and technology advances that prevent, detect or treat maternal and newborn problems at the time of birth.

service delivery.

Roadblock: too few trained, motivated, equipped and properly located health staff and caregivers Target: bold ideas for new approaches to high-quality care at the time of birth

demand.

Roadblock: mothers in resource-poor settings

ften lack information about services they need,

what they can do, and benefits from accessing health care or adopting healthy behaviors. Target: bold ideas for empowering and engaging pregnant women and their families

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What We’re Looking For

Be "off the beaten track,” daring in premise, and CLEARLY

DIFFERENTIATED from standard practice

Enhance uptake, acceptability and provide for SUSTAINED USE
f service
Enable or provide for LOW-COST solutions
Have a strong likelihood of achieving a SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT
n one or more important adverse maternal, fetal, or neonatal

health conditions

Be SCALABLE in resource-poor settings
Be able to be MONITORED, MEASURED and EVALUATED

SOLUTIONS SHOULD

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Funding

$14M to support grants in the first round

SEED GRANTS to demonstrate proof of concept
Funding: $250K
Length of Award: Up to 2 years
Number of Awards: Up to 25
TRANSITION GRANTS to transition successful

innovations toward scale up

Funding: $2Million
Length of Award: Up to 4 years
Number of Awards: Up to 5

GRANTS

$50M to support multiple rounds over 5 years

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Timeline

3/9 VIP Launch Issue RFA May 9 Apps Due 5/9 – 5/30 Eligibility and Innovation screens 6/20–6/24 Tech Panel Round 1 6/27 Finalists Announced 7/26-7/28 DevEx Tech Panel Round 2 Awards Announced Grant awards made by 9/30 8

Mar-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Sep-11 Review Period Award Negotiation Application Period

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Time and again, specific scientific, technological and operational breakthroughs have transformed insurmountable development challenges into solvable problems.

Administrator Rajiv Shah, USAID