Laerdal increases its commitment to reduce maternal and newborn mortality
Commitment description:Laerdal has previously made a funding commitment to Every Women Every Child of USD $55 m for 2010 -2020, and is pleased to announce an additional funding commitment of USD $65 million for the period up till 2030.
Of this, USD $40 million will be used to fund our pledge to the Global Financing Facility for an Innovation to Scale Initiative, our continued support to the ICM led 50,000 Happy Birthdays program, a collaboration with WFSA to further global access to safe and affordable surgery and anesthesia, the continued scale-up of the Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Survive training programs under the leadership of Jhpiego and the American Academy of Pediatrics, a family planning program in India, the Safer Births program in Tanzania and Nepal, and further development of 12-15 innovative training and therapeutic products through the not-for-profit social enterprise Laerdal Global Health.
The remaining USD $25 million will be channeled through the Laerdal Foundation for awards to practically oriented research projects to reduce maternal and newborn mortality.
Modes of engagement:
- Budgetary and financialLaerdal has previously made a funding commitment to Every Women Every Child of USD 55 m for 2010 -2020, and is pleased to announce an additional funding commitment of USD $65 million for the period up till 2030.
Value: USD $65 million
- Programmatic actionContinued support to the ICM 50,000 Happy Birthdays program and scale-up of the Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Survive training programs. Further global access to safe surgery and anesthesia and a family planning program in India
(1) Intensify our efforts for the full, effective and accelerated implementation and funding of the ICPD Programme of Action, Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action of the ICPD, the outcomes of its reviews, and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
