In the sixth and final session of the GLN’s Domestic Resource Mobilisation Webinar Series, held at the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi, the GLN, together with the Global Fund and the Gates Foundation, convened health financing experts, government representatives, civil society leaders, and development partners to examine how debt swaps can be strategically deployed to increase and sustain investments in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. With 58% of low-income countries now spending more on external debt than on healthcare, the session made the case that debt swaps, when structured well, offer a practical, tested pathway to turn fiscal constraint into health investment for women, children and adolescents.
The GLN Focal Point Meeting in Nairobi brought together partners to align priorities and strengthen coordinated advocacy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. The meeting reinforced cross-country learning, political alignment and collective action, highlighting the importance of partnerships and unified strategies to accelerate progress at a critical moment for global health.
Amid declining health financing and growing pressure on rights, advancing universal health coverage requires renewed focus on sexual and reproductive health. This GLN webinar explores how countries can protect and prioritize SRH within UHC reforms, highlighting the role of domestic resource mobilization, political leadership and strategic benefit packages to safeguard equity, expand access and strengthen health systems in a constrained fiscal context.
Regional leadership and political engagement are critical to advancing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. In this interview, Dr. Lwazi Manzi highlights the growing momentum at the African Union, emphasizing the need to translate political will into domestic financing, stronger health systems and effective service delivery, while safeguarding sovereignty and strengthening global health coordination in a shifting geopolitical landscape.
Health Minister H.E. Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi explains new developments related to the Global Leaders Network for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health that arose from the 39th AU Summit in Addis Ababa.
Innovative financing is critical to advancing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. This presentation highlights how social impact bonds can mobilize private capital and link funding to measurable outcomes, strengthening domestic resource mobilization through cross-sector partnerships and results-based approaches.
Strengthening sexual and reproductive health commodity security is essential to achieving universal health coverage. This Zambia case highlights how increased domestic financing, strategic partnerships and stronger supply chain systems can improve access to essential services, while addressing challenges and building more resilient, data-driven health systems.
As health financing tightens across LMICs, women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health faces growing risks. This webinar examined Social Impact Bonds as an innovative, results-based financing tool to mobilize domestic investment, shift risk and protect essential WCAH services amid fiscal constraints.
Colombia has built one of the most dynamic results-based financing (RBF) ecosystems in Latin America, using instruments like Social Impact Bonds to improve employment outcomes and scale impact. By aligning incentives, leveraging data, and strengthening collaboration, these approaches have enhanced job placement for vulnerable populations while positioning the country as a global benchmark for outcomes-driven financing
This capacity strengthening event brings together advocates, decision-makers, and stakeholders to share strategies, build skills, enhance collaboration, and explore practical solutions to advance a progressive agenda on SRHR. By strengthening advocacy capacity, we aim to equip stakeholders with the tools to secure innovative and sustainable financing that can transform SRHR commitments into real impact for communities worldwide.
Amid a sharp decline in global health funding, this webinar explored how blended financing can help protect women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Participants examined practical tools to mobilize private investment, expand fiscal space and sustain progress toward the SDGs despite shrinking ODA.
The SRHR–UHC Learning by Sharing Portal is a global platform designed to accelerate the integration of sexual and reproductive health and rights within universal health coverage. Led by WHO and UNFPA, it provides countries with practical “how-to” guidance, implementation stories and peer-to-peer learning to strengthen policies, financing and service delivery.
This resource compendium brings together key tools, evidence and practical guidance to strengthen sexual and reproductive health financing within universal health coverage. It supports cross-country learning and equips stakeholders with actionable insights to improve domestic resource mobilization, commodity security and sustainable health system financing.
Achieving universal health coverage is not possible without prioritizing sexual and reproductive health and rights. This brief calls for accelerated financing and implementation of comprehensive SRHR within national UHC plans, ensuring equitable access to quality services without financial hardship and advancing progress toward SDG 3.8.
Interventions that improve women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) and well-being and address inequalities have a ripple effect on communities and economies throughout the life course and across generations. Yet we continue to see too little progress in WCAH.
This PMNCH Success Story highlights how Malawi increased domestic financing for family planning commodities, expanding equitable access to essential services. It offers practical lessons to drive advocacy, strengthen systems, and accelerate progress where needs are greatest.
On 3 October 2025, the GLN convened its second DRM webinar to examine how the G20 JFHTF and the Pandemic Fund are catalyzing domestic resource mobilization amid steep ODA cuts. Speakers stressed stronger finance–health collaboration, accountability and positioning WCAH at the core of national budgets and preparedness.
On 3 October 2025, the GLN convened its second DRM webinar to examine how the G20 JFHTF and the Pandemic Fund are catalyzing domestic resource mobilization amid steep ODA cuts. Speakers stressed stronger finance–health collaboration, accountability and positioning WCAH at the core of national budgets and preparedness.
