Health Sector Transformation Plan: Ethiopia
In the past two decades, the Government of Ethiopia has invested heavily in health system strengthening guided by its pro-poor policies and strategies resulting in significant gains in improving the health status of Ethiopians. Though good trends are observed, the country is still facing a triple burden of diseases consisting of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases […]
Type: Resources
Category: Abortion, Adolescent Health, Family Planning & Contraception, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
Raising the Bar: Recommendations to Strengthen the GFF Minimum Standards for Country Platforms to Enhance Participation, Transparency, and Accountability
It is imperative that the minimum standards for country platforms reflect the principles of the entities behind the GFF: The Every Woman Every Child initiative, led by the United Nations Secretary General’s office with involvement by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and the World Bank. This paper reviews the core documents that […]
Type: Resources
Category: Health Financing
Working with countries to provide Technical Assistance for the development and implementation of the RMNCAH Investment Cases in support of the Global Strategy: Options for Coordinated Approaches
Given the wide range of actors supporting efforts to improve women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health, effective coordination of quality Technical Assistance (TA) at global, regional and country level to support operationalization of the Global Strategy, and the development, implementation and monitoring of RMNCAH investment cases and plans is essential. This paper will focus on the […]
Type: Resources
Category: Investment
Quality Assurance of Investment Cases
Investment Cases are subject to a Quality Assurance (QA) process that is intended to help improve the quality of the document and thereby build confidence among potential investors (domestic as well as international) in financing the Investment Cases. The experience of the front runner countries has also highlighted some challenges (such as around the difficulty […]
Type: Resources
Category: Investment
Accountability in the 2015 Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
In this piece Julian Schweitzer, senior fellow at Results for Develpment Institute, describes the steps taken to ensure accountability in the 2015 Global Strategy and why it is important to success. His four key messages are: (1) We need a strong, inclusive, transparent, rights based and independent accountability process, based on experience implementing health aspects […]
Type: Resources
Category: Adolescent Health, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), Civil Society, Maternal and Child Health
Briefing on the Global Financing Facility
This brief written by the International Planned Parenthood Federation takes a critical look at the GFF and its health financing. It contains three key messages, and also makes recommendations for advocates and donor governments to inform their conversations on financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), within the GFF and FfD agendas.
Type: Resources
Category: Health Financing, Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
Global Financing Facility Country Consultations Fact Sheet: Lessons Learned from GFF Front Runner Countries- Kenya and Tanzania
This briefing paper aims to share lessons learned for national advocates during the GFF country-level process in Kenya and Tanzania. It aims to increase the knowledge and awareness of national advocates on key policy issues, and identifies service gaps advocates may want to address in GFF investment frameworks.
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society, Health Financing
Concept Note: A Global Financing Facility in Support of Every Woman Every Child
This Concept Note was created before the creation of the GFF, and outlines a proposal for a Global Financing Facility for RMNCAH. In doing so, it argues that a GFF in support of Every Woman Every Child can help drive the transformative change needed to prepare the road to convergence on RMNCAH.
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), Maternal and Child Health, Results-based Financing
A Promise Renewed: Reproductive Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Sharpened Plan for Uganda
Uganda has developed this evidence-based country plan to address the slow progress on MDG 4&5 targets. The plan examines why the country is making slow progress in attaining the targets; reviews the maternal, newborn and child mortality and morbidity situation in Uganda; sets an agenda for how to accelerate progress; establishes the time horizon for […]
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society, Family Planning & Contraception, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Private Sector