Funded UNHCR's 'Saving Newborn Lives in Refugee Settings' pilot — a two-year maternal health program in South Sudan, Jordan, and Kenya

The Gates Foundation funded a two-year UNHCR pilot program called 'Saving Newborn Lives in Refugee Settings' across South Sudan, Jordan, and Kenya — three of the world's highest-burden refugee hosting environments. The program trained health workers, supplied equipment and medicines, and strengthened supervision and mentoring systems in camps and transit sites where newborn mortality rates were many times higher than global averages. An independent evaluation found significant improvements in the quality and coverage of maternal and newborn care at all pilot sites, triggering a subsequent expansion to additional countries.