Unacceptably high levels of preventable maternal, newborn, and stillbirth deaths remain, with progress moving too slow to meet the global goals. We aim to address this by collaborating with country, regional, and global partners to rapidly share science, evidence, promising innovations, and programmatic experience to align around common priorities, measurement, and action.  

The 2023 International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC), organized by AlignMNH and its International Steering Committee, in partnership with 29 country governments and hundreds of partners, marked a key moment, igniting momentum, action, and a broader movement. With over 1,800 stakeholders from 95 countries in attendance, the conference addressed the state of MNH globally, progress toward global goals, and exchanged evidence and promising innovations to accelerate progress. The first ever Joint Progress Report, launched at the conference, noted a staggering estimated 4.5 million combined maternal, newborn, and stillbirth deaths worldwide, with global progress in reducing these deaths slowing in the last decade. As we look forward, urgent, collective action is needed with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) looming. 

Deliberations during the gathering led to the articulation of policy and program priorities from multiple countries, fostering increased accountability among governments and policymakers, and informing domestic and donor investments. By offering future opportunities and a platform for building connections and collaborations, while harnessing the power of possibility within the broader ecosystem, we believe we will achieve progress.