Safe passages maternal and child health program

(a) Establishment There is established a global initiative to be known as the Safe Passages Maternal and Child Health Program to help reduce maternal and child mortality in low- and lower-middle-income countries with high maternal and child mortality rates through fiscal year 2030, through faith-based health partnerships, community-based care, collaboration with national health systems, and life-affirming health interventions. (b) Elements Interventions supported by the program established by subsection (a) are for life-affirming training and resource assistance for the following: (1) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of obstetrical hemorrhage, and its complications, including postpartum anemia. (2) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of preeclampsia and other hypertensive, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders of pregnancy, and their complications, up to 1-year postpartum. (3) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of infections and their complications associated with ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, normal pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. (4) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of obstructed labor and its complications, including uterine rupture, obstetric fistulas, and additional related complications. (5) Reduction of fetal, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality, including stillbirth, by preventing, recognizing, diagnosing and treating fetal distress, newborn asphyxia, birth trauma, intrauterine growth restriction, premature birth, small size for gestational age, and neonatal infections and sepsis. (6) Nutritional and health education for the mother and provision of nutritional resources for the mother and child during the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to 2 years of age provided through coordination with the office leading on global food security. (7) Training and dissemination of natural fertility awareness based methods in accordance with evidence-based non-abortive practices. (8) Promote increasing fathers’ support and involvement for mothers and children. (c) Implementation The Secretary of State shall prioritize the implementation of the program established by subsection (a) in collaboration with new and existing global health partnerships deemed to be efficient and reliable in the expenditure of taxpayer dollars, prioritizing local faith-based providers and faith-based organizations with strong local partnerships and which have experience and expertise in maternal and child health delivery in resource-limited settings.