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Maternal, neonatal and paediatric conditions continue to pose major global health risks, especially in lower and middle income settings. Complications around pregnancy and childbirth; infections such as with malaria, HIV and tuberculosis during pregnancy and severe acute malnutrition and undernutrition amongst children under the age of 5 still pose significant challenges despite progress made over the past years.