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Introduction to and the Global Context of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Robin Gorna

The Partnership’s Executive Director

Lunch Briefing Session for Countries Missions in Geneva Mediterranee-Bruxelles Room, Intercontinental Hotel

8 June, 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Secretariat Hosted by the World Health Organization and Board Chaired by Mrs Graça Machel

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1. Introduction to the Partnership

2. What the Partnership does and does not do

3. Current Strategic Framework

4. Global context: beyond 2015 - Sustainable Development Goals - 2016-2030 Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and

Adolescents’ Health

Outline

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1. Introduction to the Partnership

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Who we are

An alliance of more than 680 member organizations from different sectors and geographic locations

Launched Sept. 2005 in India as merger of 3 pre-existing partnerships: maternal, newborn, child

Focus on RMNCAH Continuum of Care

To accelerate achievement of MDGs 4 & 5

Promotes collaboration and action across sectors (represented by 7+ constituencies)

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Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) Continuum of Care

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PMNCH Structure: 7 Constituency Groups

Healthcare Professional Associations

Multilateral Organizations

Partner Countries

Academic, Research and

Training Institutions

Non Governmental Organizations

Private Sector

Donors and

Foundations

PMNCH governance

& Secretariat

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PMNCH members “at large”: 680+ member organizations (no individual membership)

PMNCH governance One Board of 25 members representing 7 constituencies and

chaired by Mrs Graça Machel. The Board meets twice a year. Two permanent committees of the Board (sub-groups):

- 8 person Executive Committee, who meet every 2 months

- 5 person Finance Committee, meets twice a year

PMNCH administration Secretariat hosted and administered by WHO

PMNCH Structure

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2. What the Partnership does and does not do

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Address the full spectrum of RMNCAH continuum of care Principal focus on countries with high burden of maternal and child mortality Special attention to underserved areas and marginalized populations

To promote health and development of women, newborns, children and adolescents.

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What the Partnership does Provides partners with opportunities to convene and align

actions: the power of the platform Engages with health and health-related sectors to promote a

comprehensive and cross-sectoral integration of efforts Identifies a range of opportunities to catalyze action at

country level, to maximize the power of the platform and the country presence of its partners. Engages in accountability, advocacy, and analysis Aims to achieve alignment Aligned with, but not confined by, global goals & strategies,

including the SDGs, the updated Global Strategy for Women’s Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

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What the Partnership does not do Technical support: individual partners provide technical

assistance and direct funding to countries, but this is not a role for the Partnership Secretariat. Funding: the Partnership is not a financing mechanism, but

brings together the major sources of finance among its partners; we support efforts to advance the full range of financing approaches to RMNCAH. Conduct research: through partners we ensure high

quality analysis of emerging evidence and share best practice. Establish offices in countries: the Partnership is not

involved in direct country level implementation of RMNCAH programmes; many individual partners are.

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3. Current Strategic Framework

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The 2012-2015 Strategic Framework

MISSION

VISION The achievement of Millennium Development Goals, with women and children enabled to realize their right to the highest attainable standard of health in the years to 2015 and beyond.

Supporting Partners to align their strategic directions and catalyze collective action to achieve universal access to comprehensive, high-quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care.

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The 2012-2015 Strategic Framework

ADDED VALUE

To be an institutional platform bringing together and enhancing the interaction of Partners focused on improving the health of women and children, working across the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health Continuum of Care. In essence, enabling Partners to share strategies, align objectives and resources, and agree on interventions to achieve more together then they would have been able to achieve individually.

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Second Independent External Evaluation, 2014 Retrospective and forward looking.

Achievements: Visibility for RMNCH, Partners’ Forum flagship event, Inclusive Board, Agile secretariat, Access to knowledge e.g. Knowledge Summaries,

Advocacy highlights: Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, Every Newborn Action Plan

Challenges: More focussed strategic framework – results, outcome, impact, Uneven partner engagement, fit for purpose structure and resources

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4. Global context: beyond 2015

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The post-2015 agenda: Nearing the end of a multi-year process

2015 2014 2013 2012

Post-2015 High-level Summit

Open Working Group sessions

69th UNGA

Intergovernmental negotiations

UNSG’s synthesis

report

SG report: A life of dignity

for all

High-level Panel meetings

Expert Committee on Financing

High-Level Panel Report

Rep

orts

Even

ts

Pr

oces

ses

Outcome document of

OWG

Thematic and country consultations

68th UNGA

HLPF (ECOSOC)

Moving from MDG to SDG

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Sustainable Development Goals PMNCH Post-2015 Position Statement

• Placing Healthy Women and Children at the Heart of the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Framework

• Endorsed by almost 250 partner organizations

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UN Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, 2010

Every Woman, Every Child movement

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More than 250 partners involved in updating the Global Strategy

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Emerging consensus ● Finish the unfinished business ● Every Adolescent ● Every Where – clear need to focus on Humanitarian settings ● Engage with health influencing sectors ● Human-Rights based approaches: grounded in dignity, quality, empowerment ● Refreshed approach to accountability

New directions for G.S. 2.0

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Connecting the dots: The Global Strategy process

January 2015

WHO Executive

Board

May 2015 South Africa consultation GreenTree

retreat WHA

July 2015 F4D with

GFF launch, Addis

Sept 2015 Launch of SDGs and

Global Strategy

May 2016 Women Deliver

Copenhagen WHA

Oct 2015

Maternal, Newborn

conference, Mexico City

March 2015

Launch of EWEC

Progress Report

February2015

Delhi GoI and EWEC

consultation on GS

content

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Thank you