The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening three decades of improvement in health and social services for women, newborns, children and adolescents. In a huge effort to restore crumbling services, a group of high income, low- and middle-income countries and foundations are making pledges of $20.6 billion to protect this group. $6.6 billion (32%) of the total pledge is committed by low and middle-income countries themselves, including Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Liberia, and Nigeria. An additional $14 billion (68%) is from official development assistance and grants given by Canada, Germany, Sweden, UK, USA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More in the Interview with Flavia Bustreo from PMNCH.
Funding secured to recover health and social services lost to COVID-19
