United Nations Commission for Lifesaving Commodities for Women and Children

The UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children (UNCoLSC) was set up as part of the UN Secretary General’s Every Woman, Every Child programme. It is premised on the projection that a strong worldwide intervention has the power to save over 6 million lives by 2015 through increasing access to, and appropriate use of, 13 lifesaving commodities that are underutilized during pregnancy, childbirth, and early childhood (especially under-five years). The UNCoLSC therefore works to make these thirteen life-saving commodities more widely available and used in low-income nations to forestall preventable maternal and children deaths.