Call for proposals: Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges: Improving Access to and Use of Safe and Appropriate Cesarean Section

We are pleased to announce that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is now accepting proposals for the Grand Challenges: Improving Access to and Use of Safe and Appropriate Cesarean Section

In this new grand challenge, they prioritize proposals for interventions to address the following challenges related to the cesarean section:

  1. Increasing access to cesarean section where it is currently inadequate
  2. Increasing quality and safety of cesarean section to reduce iatrogenic harm both mothers and newborns
  3. Reducing rates of non-medically indicated cesarean section.

Attached is the Call for Proposals for more information.

The deadline for submission of proposals is on April 22, 2020, 11:30 a.m. US Pacific Daylight. You can also visit the link: https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/improving-access-and-use-safe-and-appropriate-cesarean-section.

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