The Global Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Initiative: a call for collaboration and action by 2030

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Significant progress has been made in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the past 15 years, but additional improvements will require a comprehensive approach that targets all causes of maternal and newborn mortality.1 Further reduction of maternal and newborn deaths is a priority for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and for implementing the UN Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health, and is also critical for two strategic plans—Every Newborn: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths (ENAP) and the Strategies toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM).