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This brief provides an overview of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and outlines how quality of care strategies in the provision and experience of care can reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. Nine countries – supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners from all stakeholder groups – have launched a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network). The Network aims to support every pregnant woman, newborn and child with good-quality care in health services, halving maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths in health-care facilities within five years in the participating countries.