GENEVA and NEW
DELHI, Dec.
14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Two days of deliberations,
discussions and spirited exchanges at the 2018 Partners' Forum in
New Delhi concluded this week with
important commitments. These included Indian Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi's announcement of
a US$ 100 billion investment in
health services by 2025; a pledge by World Vision International to
mobilize US$ 7 billion for women's,
children's and adolescents' health; and a US$ 65 million extension to previous pledges made
by Laerdal Medical.
In a communique, released at the Forum's closing ceremony, The
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)'s
partners pledged to strengthen and expand health systems. The
partners agreed to improve multi-sectoral collaborations and align
partnerships around national health strategies, and scale-up
effective, people-oriented innovations to improve efficiency,
impact, and reach. The Partners' Forum 2018 convened 1,631
participants from 429 organizations across 10 different
constituencies and attracted 27 ministerial delegations and 23
parliamentarians across the globe.
Global leaders and other partners from PMNCH's diverse
constituencies also took to the stage to reaffirm their commitment
to urgent and effective action to improve the survival, health and
well-being of women, children and adolescents. They committed to
strong political leadership, multisectoral action and partnerships,
and target setting and measurement for better accountability in
line with the Survive, Thrive, Transform agenda of the UN
Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's Children's and
Adolescent's Health.
Preeti Sudan, Acting Board Chair,
PMNCH said: "Transform is the common thread of discussion, and
the common goal for us all. While initiatives to improve maternal,
newborn, child and adolescent health are showing promise, we still
have a way to go to achieve the related sustainable development
goals. Much remains to be done to provide quality services
across the life course, and to ensure that no one is left
behind. We must work to transform, to make sure that we
bring local lessons to a global audience and create impact in an
innovative and sustainable manner."
The commitments demonstrate a growing momentum towards the
development of stronger and more efficient health systems for
women, children and adolescents. Since 2010, US$45 billion has been pledged to the Every Woman
Every Child movement.
Helga Fogstad, Executive Director, PMNCH said: "We have come
together because of a common vision: to ensure that every child
survives, to thrive in their childhood and beyond, and to ensure
that we all work together to transform the health and well-being of
everyone everywhere, so that no woman, no child, and no adolescent
is left behind. This cannot be done in isolation. PMNCH will
implement an ambitious Business Plan 2019-2020 to transform the
outcomes of the Forum into action on the ground."
The 2018 Partners' Forum was co-hosted by PMNCH and the
Government of India. The two-day
event brought together 1,600 participants from 85 countries in
New Delhi across the ten diverse
PMNCH constituencies: partner countries; donors and foundations;
intergovernmental organizations; nongovernmental organizations;
academic, research and training institutions; adolescents and
youth; healthcare professional associations; private sector
partners; UN agencies; and global financing mechanisms. Together,
they garnered greater political momentum to realise the
transformative agenda that will help to achieve the Global
Strategy, the guiding path towards the Sustainable Development
Goals.
About the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
(The Partnership, PMNCH)
PMNCH is an alliance of more than 1000 organizations in 192
countries from the sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child
and adolescent health communities, as well as health influencing
sectors. The Partnership provides a platform for organizations to
align objectives, strategies and resources, and agree on
interventions to improve women's children's and adolescents'
health. The Partnership represents ten constituencies: partner
countries; donors and foundations; intergovernmental organizations;
non-governmental organizations; academic, research and training
institutions; adolescents and youth; healthcare professional
associations; private sector partners, UN agencies, and global
financing mechanisms.
For more information: http://www.who.int/pmnch/en/
For more information and photos:
http://www.partnersforum2018.com/events/partners-forum-2018/custom-35-2adb4099c5df41ed966d7ae4125d4a8a.aspx
For more information, please, contact
Andrea Gros,
Communication Manager,
PMNCH,
WHO, 20, Avenue
Appia, CH – 1211 Geneva
grosa@who.int
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Heer Chokshi, Edelman
India, +91 9811771810
Heer.Chokshi@edelman.com
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