The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar Foundation announced, a joint effort with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to release a report highlighting the importance of integrated maternal and new-born healthcare at the second WISH summit taking place on 17-18 February. The report, developed with Harvard University and Save the Children, is part of a partnership between WISH and Gates to highlight critical global health and development issues. In 2013, more than 280,000 women and girls died unnecessarily due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth while 2.9 million new-borns died due to lack of available care. As the health of mothers and their children are inextricably linked -biologically, socially, and through health systems – integrated care systems that use innovative approaches are desperately needed across the full range of reproductive, maternal, new-born, and child healthcare.

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