<h1>Legal checklist for maternal-child health tech accelerator: procurement, IP, data protection, regulatory compliance, and liability allocation</h1> A multinational consumer health company partnered with a global nonprofit and a health research centre to launch a maternal-and-child-health tech accelerator targeting the first 1,000 days of life. The program funds and pilots market-ready solutions, selects finalists via a competitive pitch process, and commits to implementing top projects with an NGO across targeted public health blocks. Legal issues likely to arise include procurement and grant agreement terms, intellectual property and licensing for deployed technologies, data protection and consent when interfacing with public health systems, regulatory compliance for health products/services, and liability allocation for field implementation.