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What is the global picture?
• More than half a million women die during
pregnancy and childbirth each year.
• More than 10 million children die each
year before their fifth birthday, almost 40%
in the first month of life.
• At least two-thirds of these deaths could
be prevented.
What is The Partnership?
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New global health partnership
With a focus on mothers and children
Merger of 3 existing partnerships
Launched in September 2005
To support efforts toward achieving MDGs
4 and 5
"This is a major effort, and no one
agency can do it alone.
Commitment and partnership
are essential.”
Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid,
Executive Director of UNFPA
Who is The Partnership?
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Partner countries
International organizations
Non-governmental organizations
Professional organizations
Academic & research institutions
Bilateral donors
"We affirm our commitment and
renew our resolve to work
together for this noble cause of
our sisters' and our children's life."
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Honourable
Chairperson National Advisory
Council
What does The Partnership do?
The Partnership aims to intensify and
harmonize national, regional, global action
to improve MNCH by focusing on:
•Country Support
•Advocacy
•Effective Interventions
"To accelerate progress, we
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need to integrate our efforts at
the global, national and
community level."
Ann M. Veneman, Executive
Director, UNICEF
What does The Partnership do?
Country Support
• Establish links with all major stakeholders.
• Identify key activities and agree specific inputs.
• Support country coordination mechanisms.
• Establish links with other relevant programmes.
• Facilitate the integration of MNCH into national
context.
• Address human resources challenges.
What does The Partnership do?
Advocacy
• Develop and promote MNCH messages.
• Create tools that make the case for MNCH.
• Lobby for increased resources for MNCH.
• Organize high-visibility debates on MNCH.
• Generate media coverage for MNCH.
• Increase uptake of MNCH by civil society.
What does The Partnership do?
Effective Interventions
• Draw together current knowledge on interventions.
• Build consensus on proven, effective interventions.
• Develop a minimum package of interventions.
• Identify appropriate delivery approaches.
• Identify priorities for operational research.
• Support the development and promotion of key
publications.
What does The Partnership do?
Accountability
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Develop indicators/means of verification for every
milestone.
• Monitor stakeholders’ delivery on commitments.
• Support the development and agreement of core
indicators for MNCH.
• Support the improvement of models to track MNC
mortality.
• Link data on Partnership’s progress to future planning.
What does The Partnership offer?
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Greater visibility of MNCH
Better coordination under country leadership
Increased commitment to primary health care
Reduced competition & duplication
More efficient use of resources
Shared & agreed goals "By working with countries to
increase access to existing
health care solutions, this
Partnership has the potential to
transform millions of lives."
Dr. LEE Jong-wook,
Director-General, WHO
How does The Partnership work?
What is the history of it?
• 1987: Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) and
Safe Motherhood Inter-Agency Group (IAG)
• 2000: Healthy Newborn Partnership is formed
• 2003: SMI and IAG form the Partnership for Safe
Motherhood & Newborn Health
• 2004: Child Survival Partnership is formed
• 2005: The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn &
Child Health
What are the guiding principles?
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Country-led
Inclusive
Comprehensive
Flexible
Collaborative
Results-oriented
"It is clear that the MDGs simply
cannot be achieved unless the
different stakeholders join
together at global &, even more
importantly, at country level." Dr.
Mushtaque Chowdhury, Deputy
Executive Director, BRAC
A country example: Cambodia
• In Cambodia, a high-level meeting held to increase
political & institutional commitment to child survival.
• Consensus achieved among government/partners
on set of interventions to be scaled up & monitored.
• Core partners re-aligned their programmatic &
investment approaches to support delivery.
• Agreement on one national strategy, one national
coordinating mechanism, & one monitoring/
evaluation framework for all partners
A country example: Tanzania
• January 2005: Ministry of Health renews resolve
to reduce child mortality in Tanzania.
• April 2005: Minister of Health - Honourable Min.
Anna Abdallah, MP signs the Delhi Declaration on
Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.
• May 2005: Tanzania Partnership for Maternal,
Newborn, & Child Survival is created.
• June 2005: Tanzania Partnership establishes its
objectives & structure.
website: www.pmnch.org
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