Message from Rajat Khosla, PMNCH Executive Director - January 2026

Dear PMNCH partners, 

As we begin a new year, I want to warmly thank you, our members and partners, for your continued leadership, commitment, and solidarity. PMNCH is, above all, a partnership, and it is your collective action that gives our work meaning and impact. 

Looking back on 2025, we were reminded, once again, that progress for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health is neither linear nor guaranteed. We worked in a context of heightened geopolitical tensions, funding uncertainty, and growing pushback against rights, gender equality, and science. Yet 2025 also reinforced important lessons. In this context, PMNCH remains deeply concerned by the expansion of the United States’ Mexico City Policy (Global Gag Rule) and its harmful implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights, civil society space, and progress on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.  We saw that progress is possible when we act collectively across sectors and movements, when advocacy is grounded in evidence, and when dialogue is translated into coordinated action. Above all, we learned that solidarity and shared leadership remain our greatest strengths.  

These lessons shape how we look ahead to 2026. The year before us will bring continued challenges, constrained financing for health, fragmentation in global governance, and increasing pressure on multilateralism. At the same time, it presents a critical opportunity to refocus efforts where they matter most. 

In 2026, PMNCH will sharpen its focus on strengthening financing for health, with a clear and deliberate emphasis on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. To this end, PMNCH will shortly launch a dedicated campaign aimed at elevating political attention, mobilizing partners, and driving action. 

These efforts will be anchored around three core priorities: strengthening domestic resource mobilization for health; enhancing global solidarity and reinforcing the global health architecture, and ensuring that women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health is prioritized across these efforts. Our approach will support a rights-based action, transparent and inclusive governance, and meaningful civil society participation. 

As we move forward, we will work to better support, connect, and amplify your work. Our strategy is designed to help partners leverage shared resources, align advocacy efforts, and navigate an increasingly complex financing and policy environment. We will work with you to respond to your priorities—whether that is strengthening domestic resource mobilization, advancing rights-based approaches, protecting civic space, or building capacity for evidence-informed action, while ensuring that women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health remains central. 

Thank you for your continued partnership and leadership. We look forward to working closely with you in the year ahead. 

With appreciation and resolve, 

Rajat Khosla 
Executive Director