Stalled progress and crises are jeopardizing the health, rights and opportunities of women, children and adolescents.

More than 60 countries, including 35 out of 36 Global Financing Facility (GFF) partner countries, are now off track to meet the SDG health targets for maternal, newborn, and stillborn mortality reduction by 2030. If the global goals are met, there is potential to save at least 7.8 million lives.

But there is an opportunity to change the trajectory now: invest in stronger health systems that meet the needs of women, children, and adolescents to deliver a healthier, more prosperous future for all.

That is why the governments of Côte d’Ivoire, Germany and the Netherlands, along with the World Bank, are calling on the international community to step up now to Deliver the Future by investing in the health and rights of women, children and adolescents in the world’s poorest countries, unleashing their potential.

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The case for accelerating efforts is clear.

With the US$2 billion donors have committed to date, the GFF has unlocked US$32 billion for women, children, and adolescent health in partner countries. This support, over the past eight years, has helped countries to make significant gains:

An US$800 million investment in the GFF now will help countries accelerate their reach with 250 million women, children and adolescents accessing critical services — such as safe deliveries, family planning, and nutrition — saving lives and catalyzing opportunities for all.

What Will It Take to #DeliverTheFuture?

Some of the world’s leading voices on women’s, children’s and adolescent health share their views on what it will take to drive change.

OTHER NEWS

Governments and philanthropies commit to increase investments to end the funding shortfall for lifesaving family planning supplies Great news coming out of UNGA! The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) announced that it intends to double its commitment to the GFF to US$50 million to help transform long-term funding for family planning supplies.

« Dessinons l’avenir » : ouvrons de nouvelles perspectives de santé pour les femmes, les enfants et les adolescents In an op-ed article published in L’Opinion, Mamta Murthi, VP for Human Development at the World Bank, discusses the impact of multiple crises on the health of women, children, and adolescents and urges collective action to #DeliverTheFuture by supporting the GFF partnership (in French).

Santé en Afrique, chaque contribution financière compte ! A great piece by Christina Chilimba from All for Youth, based in Malawi, on the urgent need to address the impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health and rights, after Cyclone Freddy devastated her country and disrupted health services.

Changing attitudes and empowering young girls In this blog by the GFF's Maty Dia, we meet Mariama, a 13-year old from a rural region in Senegal. Mariama’s life trajectory was changed through a pilot project that is helping to expand opportunities and #DeliverTheFuture for young girls across Senegal’s most vulnerable communities.

How youth groups can help advocate for the health of women, children and adolescents Speaking of Youth: Do you want to know how youth groups are advocating for more investment in women's, children's and adolescent health? Read the blog post from a Japanese youth platform, Poli Poli, which outlines actions young people are taking to drive change #DeliverTheFuture.