READY, SET, IMPLEMENT! Improving financing to reduce mortality of women, children and adolescents and leverage benefits for societies

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Reducing mortality and bolstering the health of women, children and adolescents remains one of the most critical challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3.1 (reduce the global maternal mortality ratio) and SDG 3.2 (end preventable deaths of newborns and children under five). As we approach the 2030 deadline with only five years remaining to achieve these goals, the global community must act decisively to accelerate progress.

With the renewed global commitment enshrined in the 77^th World Health Assembly resolution (WHA77) on accelerating progress on maternal, newborn and child mortality, it is crucial to increase investments in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and well-being.

This high-level dialogue is the third of a series of dialogues that bring together policymakers, healthcare leaders, donors and experts to discuss how countries can accelerate the implementation of the WHA77 resolution. This dialogue will focus on financing, looking at leveraging existing investment cases that highlight the positive returns on investing in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being. The dialogue will also explore how to mobilize these investments, including through innovative mechanisms, such as intersectoral financing and public-private financing.