Helga Fogstad

TL;DR: Preventive interventions at the community level for newborn babies and at the primary care level for mothers and newborn babies are extremely cost effective, but the millennium development goals for maternal and child health will not be achieved without universal access to clinical services as well.

TL;DR: The Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) provides a roadmap for ending preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and helping them achieve their potential for and rights to health and well-being in all settings.

TL;DR: Developing, implementation, and monitoring of national action plans for neonatal survival is a priority, and the running costs of the selected packages at 90% coverage in the 75 countries with the highest mortality rates to be US$4·1 billion a year, in addition to current expenditures.

TL;DR: Preventive interventions at the community level for newborn babies and at the primary care level for mothers and newborn babies are extremely cost effective but the millennium development goals for maternal and child health will not be achieved without universal access to clinical services as well.