Strategic and Technical Advisory Group
We leverage a Strategic & Technical Advisory Group (STAG) for high-level guidance on strategy and implementation, engagement with the global newborn care community, and a support network for developing and scaling new technologies within existing programs seeking to achieve SDG3.2.

Michael Free
PATH
Senior Advisor Emeritus

Abeba Ayele
CIFF
Manager, Child Health

Anshu Banerjee
WHO
Senior Advisor, Department of Reproductive Health and Research

Zulfiqar Bhutta
Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children
Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health and Policy

John Borrazzo
World Bank
Senior Health Specialist

Kristoffer Gandrup-Marino
UNICEF
Chief of Innovation

Harry Gombachika
Malawi Telecommunications Limited
Chief Executive Officer

Gagan Gupta
UNICEF
Health Specialist

Rasa Izadnegahdar
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Director of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Discovery & Tools

Lily Kak, PhD
USAID
Team Lead for Newborn Health, Office of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition

Tore Laerdal
Laerdal
Chairman

Charles Mwansambo
Malawi Ministry of Health
Chief of Health Services

Prosper Okonkwo
APIN Public Health Intiatives – Nigeria
Chief Executive Officer

Stefan Swartling Peterson
Uppsala University
Professor of Global Transformations