Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Founder and Co-director of Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health, Joins Denver Frederick
“I think in many ways for me, the challenge that our team is taking on really is the most important challenge facing the African continent. The reason I believe that is: if we look at history, history shows us that saving newborns is the most powerful key to initiating economic development in poor countries… And so I think that accelerating the progress to improve newborn survival is at the heart of how do we jump-start economic progress there.”