In an article published November 19 by The Lancet, UW Department of Global Health faculty Dean Jamison, MS, PhD, and Carol Levin, MSc, PhD and colleagues outline a new framework for policy decision-making related to funding women's and children's health services. Their findings are peaking interest among high-profile groups like the United Nations Foundation, World Health Organization,  Development Policy Centre, and others. They find that an increase in funding could eliminate the deaths of 147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women by 2035. From an economic perspective they conclude, "Increasing health expenditure by just $5 per person per year up to 2035 in 74 high-burden countries could yield up to nine times that value in economic and social benefits."

147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women by 2035 - See more at: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/news/all-news#sthash.wXmUOJZ0.dpuf147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women by 2035 - See more at: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/news/all-news#sthash.wXmUOJZ0.dpufBy placing the additional investments in women's and children's health, the analysis shows that it would be possible to avoid the deaths of 147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women by 2035. - See more at: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/news/all-news#sthash.wXmUOJZ0.dpufBy placing the additional investments in women's and children's health, the analysis shows that it would be possible to avoid the deaths of 147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women by 2035. - See more at: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/news/all-news#sthash.wXmUOJZ0.dpuf

The Investment Framework was developed by a group of partners, and coordinated by WHO, the Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health and the University of Washington. Read more on the WHO website.