Civil Society and Youth Statement on the GFF Resource Mobilization Effort

The Civil Society and Youth constituency applauds the Global Financing Facility ’s leadership, investors, and strong country-led approach which has led to the realization of atrack record of success and key learnings that informed the GFF ’snew five-year strategy. Among the remarkable progress to date is the fact that 32% of the 36 GFF countries are using domestic resources to fund 50% of the current investment cases, with a target goal of 75% between 2021-2025. We further appreciate the GFF ’s early and quickpivot to support countries ’ strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions through the provision of essential services for women, children, and adolescents. Recent WHO data from 105 countries show that 90 percent of countries have experienced disruptions to health services, with low- and middle-income countries r eporting the greatest difficulties. Due to the contracting global economy, the total number of women and girls living in extreme poverty is expected to reach 435 million with no possibility of reverse to pre-pandemic levels until 2030.
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Press release [doctype] Source Type: news