Projects

A project to develop a mobile information and social support group for postpartum women in rural Punjab, India.

The Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi), a partnership between Lynne and Marc Benioff, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers a unique opportunity to apply scientific, clinical, and community expertise to address the growing problem of prematurity.

The PTBi East Africa Discovery Research portfolio contributes to global knowledge about preterm birth and supports testing of tools to improve preterm birth prevention and management. 

PTBi East Africa developed an intrapartum and immediate postnatal care package designed to improve the uptake of evidence-based practices known to save newborn lives.

A 5-year project in rural Nepal seeks to first understand more about the situation for newly married women and, second, develop an intervention to improve access to nutrition, women’s status, and household relationships.