GFF leaders warn of emerging secondary global health crisis from disruptions in primary health care due to COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates in low- and lower-middle income countries, global health and development leaders warned today of the growing risk of widespread disruptions in access to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition services, and urged immediate steps to prevent a secondary global health crisis. A rapid survey of the 36 […]
Type: News
Category: Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
Netherlands Announces Additional Support for the GFF to Continue Essential Health Services in COVID-19 Response
WASHINGTON, DC – The Government of the Netherlands announced it is contributing 10 million euros (US$11.24 million) to the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to help low- and lower-middle-income countries ensure continuation of essential health and nutrition services for women, children and adolescents as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new contribution will enable the GFF […]
Type: News
Category: Investment
The GFF’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) is committed to doing its part to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by its core mission to ensure sustainable health financing and improve reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health and nutrition outcomes, the GFF is currently supporting 36 countries scale up access to […]
Type: News
Category: Maternal and Child Health
Riding on the Momentum: GFF Strategy Refresh
2020 is a landmark year for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) as it celebrates its fifth year in the global health landscape. Strong partner support, and a milestone replenishment of US$1 billion in 2018 have enabled the GFF to make significant progress over the past five years.
Type: News
Category: Investment
Reflections on Civil Society Engagement in the GFF – progress but more needs to be done
As we participate in the workshop for the 10 new GFF countries (Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Tadjikistan, Chad, Pakistan, Zambia and Zimbabwe) we contemplate on the trajectory of Civil Society engagement since the start of the GFF. Progress has been made. Civil Society participation in country delegations was secured for 80% of the countries, […]
Type: News
Category: Civil Society
Small Grants to Support Civil Society Advocacy and Accountability Announced
Awards totaling nearly $600,000 to improve women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health made to civil society coalitions in nine countries. Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the Global Financing Facility (GFF), and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH) are pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of funding from the Small Grants […]
Type: News
Category: Maternal and Child Health
Global Financing Facility Welcomes New Director
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) welcomed Dr. Muhammad Pate as the GFF’s new director to lead and develop the strategic direction of the GFF as it expands to a total of 50 countries by 2023.
Type: News
Category: Health Financing
Canada Announces CAD$150 Million in New Funding for the Global Financing Facility
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the Government of Canada announced an additional CAD$150 million in new funding for the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF). This funding is a new multi-year commitment to the GFF Trust Fund for the period 2020 to 2022, in addition to CAD$50 million in funds announced at the […]
Type: News
Category: Health Financing