One million lives
Our goal is helping save one million more lives.
Every year. By 2030.
Helping save lives
The key word is helping. We would never claim we are saving lives ourselves — that is the work of midwives, nurses, doctors, first responders, dispatchers, and bystanders who act in critical moments. Our role is to support them by developing the tools, training, and solutions that make their work easier and more effective. And we can only do this by working closely with partners across professional associations, NGOs, and governments to create programs that can be implemented at scale and sustained over time.
Impact update 2025
The 2025 Impact Update shares encouraging progress toward our goal of helping save one million more lives every year by 2030 — from major mortality reductions in the Safer Births program to expanded community CPR, health worker, and emergency care training with partners.
A shared goal to help save one million more lives
Our journey towards 2030, by Tore Lærdal
Our focus areas
Improving survival in the community
Most time-critical emergencies begin in the community. The biggest opportunity to save lives is through well-trained bystanders and dispatchers, and we work with partners to help make that happen.
Improving quality in healthcare
Staff shortages and uneven care quality remain major challenges. We help hospitals strengthen teams and systems with simulation-based training and quality improvement.
Saving lives at birth in low-resource settings
Millions of mothers and newborns die each year from preventable
causes. We work with partners strengthen health care systems by training and equipping health workers to deliver safer care at birth.
Strengthening acute care systems in low-resource settings
Many health systems lack capacity for timely emergency care.
Working with WHO and the Acute Care Action Network, we help
strengthen acute care systems for time-critical interventions.
- Early interventions with high lifesaving potential and low cost to societyExamples are early activation of the emergency response system, improved interaction between callers and dispatchers, and rapid treatment on arrival at hospital.
- Enabling technologiesDigital solutions and AI to capture and analyze data for decision-making, user feedback, Quality Improvement initiatives and adaptive refresher training.
- Collaborative initiativesWe believe innovation is about impact and the greatest impact can only be achieved through collaboration.
Impact through collaboration
We are committed to helping our partners achieve their goals, and would love to hear ideas for ways to collaborate to help save one million more lives – together.
Mother Maria's story
Mother Maria, already a mother of seven, faced life-threatening bleeding after giving birth to her eighth child in 2025. Thanks to health workers trained through the Safer Births Bundle of Care program, she survived — protecting not only her own life, but also the future of her family.