Civil Society Engagement in the Global Financing Facility: Analysis and Recommendations ADDENDUM
This addendum is the result of an additional rapid analysis conducted in October and November 2016, through key informant interviews with 13 national civil society stakeholders in a selection of “frontrunner and second wave” GFF countries and additional inputs gathered through a meeting of civil society representatives engaged in the GFF, which took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on November 1, 2016.
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society
World Bank Trust Funds and the Case of the GFF: Time for a Refresh?
The objective of this fact sheet is to open conversation on the Global Financing Facility’s governance and financing structure. Our guiding question is whether the Global Financing Facility, in its current set-up as a Multi-Donor Trust Fund, is fit-for-purpose, or whether it would benefit from a change towards a Financial Intermediary Fund.
Type: Resources
Category: Health Financing
Comparative Analysis of Selected GFF-related Investments to Enhance Civil Society Advocacy
The Public Health Program of Open Society Foundations (OSF) commissioned a comparative analysis of the Global Financing Facility (GFF)-related investments in select countries around the world with the aim of enhancing and informing civil society advocacy on health financing and governance. The study, implemented by E&K Consulting Firm, analyzed a cross-section of GFF participating countries […]
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society, Investment
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
Civil Society Engagement in Côte d’Ivoire’s GFF Process
The GFF partnership is intended to be implemented through an inclusive, participatory, and transparent government-led process. This report demonstrates how in Côte d’Ivoire, civil society’s well-organized priorities contributed to the National Dialogue on Health Financing in 2018 and fed into the country’s Investment Case. Civil society’s inputs are carried through in the GFF-funded International Development […]
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society
Zimbabwe: CSO GFF Platform-building and Action-planning Meeting Report
Meeting report from the Zimbabwe CSO GFF Platform-building and Action-planning meeting held in February 2020..
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society
How to Guide GFF Country Spotlight
‘How To’ Guide is a step-by-step tool to support country CSOs and CSO platforms to conduct GFF investment case analysis. The guide is a multi-step process to conduct content analysis and develop advocacy messages to improve CSO engagement, accountability, and transparency at country-level. This ‘How To’ Guide is designed and produced by the Africa Health […]
Type: Resources
Category: Civil Society