Maternal and newborn health

Working to ensure that innovations reach the women and children who need them the most

When a mother or newborn dies during childbirth, it devastates families and communities. The importance of maternal newborn health is highlighted in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the first targets under SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being are to reduce the maternal mortality ratio and end preventable newborn deaths. The international community is mobilizing to achieve these goals, and calling on the private sector to play an important role in bringing innovations to scale. That is why BD Global Health has been working to develop and commercialize innovations that address the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.

BD is also an active advocate for efforts aimed at ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, including providing funding, scaling up innovations and making essential commodities available. BD is also part of the private sector delegation for the Partnership for Maternal Newborn Health and the Global Financing Facility and has made commitments via Every Woman, Every Child.