About Us

Our mission is to lead a collaborative, global effort to increase awareness and accelerate innovative research and interventions that will improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes.

Our alliance includes international stakeholders in maternal, newborn and child health:

• Researchers
• Advocates
• Healthcare practitioners
• United Nations and government agencies
• Nonprofits
• Philanthropists
• Families
• Policymakers
• Businesses

Why We Were Initiated by Seattle Children’s

Seattle Children’s has made significant contributions to pediatric research for more than two decades. Despite advances in maternal and child health, Seattle Children’s recognized prematurity and stillbirth as growing crises needing local and global attention. Seattle Children’s also identified prematurity as a research priority, as many patients suffer serious health problems from premature birth.

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Where We are Located

GAPPS’ headquarters, located in Seattle, is situated close to the Seattle Children's Research Institute, and is in the center of a thriving biotechnology hub that includes the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and more than a dozen other research organizations, hospitals and nonprofits engaged in finding innovative solutions to global health problems.