Unlocking resources to help address gaps in maternal health care

Multisector stakeholders share resources and case studies to drive policy and practice changes at global, regional and country level, to unlock funding mechanisms and highlight potential partners.

$240 trillion

Estimated available in global capital markets to mobilize just 1%, to close the entire funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals. (source)

Health care

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Blended finance in health care: Unlocking new frontiers

Blended finance is a transformative funding model, yet very little of it is being directed toward health. Why is this and how can that be changed?

By Devex Partnerships

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Health care

6 min read

The critical role of WHO's new country connector

The private sector might be an integral part of building stronger health systems, but what if countries don't know how to engage?

By Devex Partnerships

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Data insights

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Engaging the private sector in Kenya's RMNCAH agenda

How is Kenya currently engaging the private sector when it comes to improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health...

By Devex Partnerships

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Health care

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From ignoring to including the private sector in RMNCAH

Emeka Okafor, pharma health systems lead at Society for Family Health Nigeria, explains what barriers need to be broken down to encourage further local private sector engagement ...

By Devex Partnerships

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Funding

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The need for early-stage capital for RMNCAH social entrepreneurs

Grand Challenges Canada's Annie Thériault explains how COVID-19 has changed the funding landscape for social enterprises in RMNCAH and why the organization is taking an equitable...

By Devex Partnerships

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Health care

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The need for more early stage investment in RMNCAH solutions

Grand Challenges Canada's Annie Theriault explains how the organization engages with the private sector and the benefits these collaborations can bring.

By Devex Editor

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Data insights

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Opinion: Using the power of the private sector to deliver on gender equality

Following last month's Women Deliver conference, Merck for Mothers' Mary-Ann Etiebet and Merck Canada's Anna Van Acker share their vision for advancing the private sector's commitment ...

By Mary-Ann Etiebet, Anna Van Acker

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Advocacy

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Development advocacy 101

What are the ingredients for a successful advocacy campaign and how do you measure success? MSD for Mothers' director of advocacy explains.

By Devex Editor

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Health business

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Opinion: Tech companies, here are 3 lessons for engaging in PPPs

Two Dalberg experts distill their best advice for tech companies looking to engage in the global health space.

By Erin Barringer, Julia Rohrer

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Organizations

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New alliance aims to align global health activities in the Bay Area

The Bay Area Global Health Alliance will bring together a network of organizations across a range of sectors, including nonprofits and universities, to strengthen their global health impact.

By Catherine Cheney

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Partnership

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PATH partners with WHO in developing its first dedicated digital health strategy

PATH and WHO signed an agreement at UNGA to partner to globalize digital health transformation.

By Catherine Cheney

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Technology

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What 'exponential medicine' means for global health

Daniel Kraft, the faculty chair for medicine at Singularity University, talked with Devex about what technologies that double in processing power and halve in cost year after year mean for global health.

By Catherine Cheney

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Foundation

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How Gates' Strategic Investment Fund gets companies to take on global health

The head of the Gates Foundation's Strategy Investment Fund — until Wednesday...

By Catherine Cheney

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Maternal health

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Video: Meeting the SDGs for maternal and child health

In order to eradicate preventable maternal deaths, the private sector and the development community need to come together and develop a relationship of mutual trust...

By Delia Behr, Richard Jones

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Health

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In South Africa, ATM pharmacies help fill a massive shortfall

The Q-Mat indicates when a woman is experiencing dangerous levels of postpartum hemorrhage and needs to be immediately treated. But one of the main challenges to the innovation's effectiveness ...

By Amy Fallon

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Maternal mortality

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The 2 women entrepreneurs tackling maternal mortality in Nigeria

Nigeria is the second largest contributor to the global maternal mortality rate. Adepeju Jaiyeoba and Temie Giwa-Tubosun, two entrepreneurs who...

By Ayodeji Rotinwa

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Maternal health

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The birthing mat that helps save women's lives

The Q-Mat indicates when a woman is experiencing dangerous levels of postpartum hemorrhage and needs to be immediately treated. But one of the main challenges to the innovation's effectiveness ...

By Sophie Bader

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Foundation

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Gates Foundation and USAID team up to bring design to health

Over the weekend, at the annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, representatives of the two organizations launched a set of resources to help more global health practitioners to build their...

By Catherine Cheney

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Training

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Inside the SDG innovation lab that aims to build a 13,000-person movement

During an intense eight days in Singapore, 1,000 young people from across the globe worked night and day to tackle some of the world's most intractable problems.

By Kelli Rogers

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Data insights

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Donor Report: Part I

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Foundation

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Donor Report: Part II

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Private sector

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Donor Report: Part III

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Advancing access to maternal health care to meet unmet medical needs

Working closely with innovative organizations to make catalytic investments that strengthen health systems for the long term, expanding access to care.

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Implementing local and community-led solutions to drive sustainable improvements in maternal health

First-hand perspective and learnings from the field and local communities ensures maternal health solutions are tangible and feasible to have lasting impact

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MSD for Mothers is MSD’s $650 million global initiative to help create a world where no woman has to die while giving life. Applying MSD’s business and scientific resources, the initiative collaborates with partners to improve the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. For more information, visit www.msdformothers.com.


MSD for Mothers is an initiative of MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA in the United States and Canada.

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