Preparing for Life

Each year, millions of children worldwide are born with serious diseases or even die from causes that can be prevented before conception and during early pregnancy. Morbidity and mortality can be significantly reduced by addressing these causes through public awareness, education and evidence-based interventions. In accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age, the Preparing for Life Foundation is committed to this challenge and wants children to be born healthy, wanted, and loved. 

We aim to enable women and couples to prepare themselves well and in an informed way for pregnancy, while ensuring that appropriate information and health services are available. We do this by influencing policymakers at both the national and international levels, raising awareness, promoting education, and encouraging best practices. These include personal health, lifestyle, and environmental factors.