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Principal Maternal Newborn Advisor Dr. Valsangkar is a board-certified pediatrician and Principal Maternal Newborn Advisor at Jhpiego, where she leads the organization’s newborn portfolio, focusing on small and sick newborn care, newborn care in humanitarian settings, and research, advocacy, and innovations in newborn health. Dr. Valsangkar has worked on newborn and child health in over

Project Director for Global Health Security in Burkina Faso. Dr. Ouangraoua is a laboratory specialists with results-driven knowledge of disease surveillance systems in low-income countries. She has over 16 years of experience coordinating complex and multi-partner health projects and programs at national and international levels. She has a master’s degree, a PhD in pharmacy, and