Resource mobilization

PMNCH secured more than 80% of the US$ 10 million essential workplan budget for 2021. Approximately US$ 8.2 million was provided by our donor community in this first year of PMNCH’s current five-year strategy. This reflected the global community’s recognition of the importance of prioritizing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being in efforts to respond to and recover from COVID-19.

Immense efforts in 2021 also resulted in an improved longer-term financial position for PMNCH. This work resulted in new multi-year grants worth approximately US$ 18 million being agreed for the period to the end of 2025. The Government of Spain and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance became new donors to PMNCH, with Fondation Botnar committing a second three-year grant for PMNCH’s work until 2024. The Government of India renewed its funding commitment, and the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Germany committed to multi-year grants.

Existing multi-year grants from the Governments of Norway and Sweden, together with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, continued to provide important resources for PMNCH’s work.

Intense efforts are continuing in 2022 to secure the resources needed to achieve the 2021–2025 Strategy. The focus will be on working with bilateral donors to ensure renewed or increased funding from existing donors, reaching out to new national donors and intensifying interactions with a strategic shortlist of philanthropic foundations whose focus areas align with PMNCH’s objectives.

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