“Saving Mothers, Giving Life:” Lessons Learned from the 5-Year Partnership 

The CSIS Global Health Policy Center will host a public event to highlight lessons learned from the 5-year Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) initiative. SMGL is a public-private partnership to dramatically reduce maternal and newborn mortality, implemented in Zambia, Uganda, and Nigeria. SMGL was unique in the way it brought together partners across U.S. Government health programs and agencies, as well as external partners and host governments to focus on a singular goal. The event will feature a presentation of the outcomes of 5 years of SMGL programming followed by three high-level panel discussions that will highlight the successes and challenges of the innovative partnership.

Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti, Ag. Commissioner, Community Health, Ministry of Health, Uganda

Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Zambia

Inyang Asibong, Commissioner for Health, Cross River State, Nigeria

Jessica Bowers, Director of Grants Program, Every Mother Counts

Mary-Ann Etiebet, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers

Doug Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Project C.U.R.E.

Herbert Peterson, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Past President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Ambassador Deborah Birx, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

Alma Crumm Golden, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

Ambassador Scott DeLisi, Executive Director, Soarway Foundation; Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda (2012-2015)