FC Mother and the World Cup of Healing are the product of a 7-year effort initiated by the establishment of the Humanity 2.0 Lab at the Vatican, in January 2018. 

The lab was founded in collaboration with leading global authorities, including Dr. Michelle Williams (former Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Dr. Ana Langer (Leader of the Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Jennie Joseph (Commonsense Childbirth, TIME Magazine Woman of the Year), IHME, and Delos Living (global leader in wellness science). 

Humanity 2.0 Lab was the first such blue ribbon commission of leading maternal scientists, medical doctors, health data, and practitioners unified on quantifying the impact of maternal and neonatal disorders on human health, wellbeing, and longevity. The lab’s main output was the “Improving Global Health through Better Maternal Environments” white paper, which identified the social environment around mothers as the most important factor determining maternal health outcomes, and pregnancy-related complications as the leading contributors to disease burden globally. 

The groundbreaking work published in the white paper established the foundational framework for quantifying maternal health impact through the lens of life years lost or gained for mom and baby, which now powers the FC Mother League and the World Cup of Healing.