; (3) designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs in a manner that enhances transparency and accountability, increases sustainability, and improves outcomes in priority countries; and (4) supporting the research, development, and introduction of innovative tools and approaches to accelerate progress toward ending preventable child and maternal deaths. (d) Strategy (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2023 , the President shall establish and implement a comprehensive 5-year strategy (in this subsection referred to as the strategy ) to contribute toward the global goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2030 as a foundation for ensuring healthy and productive lives. (2) Leadership The Administrator, in coordination with priority countries and relevant partner entities, shall lead the establishment and implementation of the strategy. (3) Criteria The strategy shall— (A) identify priority countries in which the United States Agency for International Development will implement international maternal and child health and nutrition programs to reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality and improve health outcomes; (B) with respect to each priority country, identify the most significant barriers to maternal, newborn, and child survival and establish outcome-based targets from which progress toward addressing those barriers through international maternal and child health and nutrition programs can be tracked; (C) in coordination with relevant partner entities, outline how the United States Agency for International Development will implement the highest-impact, evidence-based interventions for reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality and expand access to quality services through community-based approaches to achieve the outcome-based targets established under subparagraph (B); (D) promote investments in community-based activities that empower women, support voluntarism, and provide respectful maternity care