Founding Members

GCAPR was established by four organizations dedicated to research into reducing the global burden of preterm birth. These organizations include some key leaders of research funding:

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
• The March of Dimes Foundation

The GCAPR founders envision a world where the global burden of preterm birth will be reduced and maternal and newborn health will be improved through expanded scientific knowledge, communications and collaborations.

The mission of GCAPR is to identify and advance priority research through expanded networks, communications, and collaborations among organizations to fund the research needed to reduce preterm birth.

To achieve this mission GCAPR will:

• Identify priorities for discovery, development and delivery research for preterm birth and foster communication and collaboration to accelerate health impact.
• Raise awareness of the impact of preterm birth among funders, researchers, governments, policy-makers and communities worldwide.
• Grow the financial commitments for discovery, development and delivery research on preterm birth by attracting new organizations and by inspiring greater commitments from existing organizations.
• Seek opportunities to align resources and research priorities and thereby reduce redundancy, fill research gaps, and build synergy to accelerate research needed to reduce the global burden of preterm birth and its negative impact on health, families, communities, and economies.

Member Organizations:

Members of the Executive Council

For more information, visit the full GCAPR website at www.gcapr.org.