Nigeria GFF CSOs Working Group is hosted by the Health Sector Reform Coalition committed to ensure effective CSOs engagement in GFF implementation in Nigeria.
TOMORROW at 10AM: Global Financing Facility: Investing in People - a #TwitterChat w/ @glassmanamanda@MariamClaeson exploring innovative financing of health & nutrition for better lives & wellbeing of women, children and adolescents
Follow using: #CGDtalks & #InvestInHealth
The #GFF helps countries transform how they invest in and finance the health of their people – starting with women, children and adolescents. https://t.co/XAiTSS2hvY
#CGDTalks Cheriff Sy, High Representative to the President of Burkina Faso makes key point: need to shift from piecemeal #health projects, esp in contexts with weaker health systems.
Notes @theGFF supports key coordination, policy, planning role for greater impact/effectiveness.
"The fragmented way we've funded health has led to missed opportunities." -
Shawn Baker, Director for Nutrition at @gatesfoundation on why we need to invest in @theGFF#CatalystForHealth
Nearly all of the initial 16 #GFF-supported countries are pioneering health financing reforms to
strengthen domestic resource mobilization for the health and nutrition of mothers, children and
adolescents. #CatalystForHealth#GFFResults https://t.co/VTspiWAu9T @aanurot
One way the #GFF helps countries tackle high adolescent pregnancy is by focusing on helping young
people have greater access to family planning methods. #Cameroon is piloting a solution to improve the
counselling experience .
https://t.co/VTspiWAu9T
The #GFF report highlights the urgency of speeding up and expanding our support to many countries with
high maternal, child and adolescent mortality rates. #CatalystForHealth#GFFResults
https://t.co/VTspiWAu9T @theGFF@NYC4UHC@aanurot
Nigeria is scaling a basic minimum package of health services for all Nigerians, and is investing more of its domestic resources in the health and nutrition of women, children and adolescents. This is expected to mobilize about US$150 million in new money per year for PHC.
Disability is a risk across the lifecycle due to intergenerational effects of poor #nutrition among adolescent girls before & during pregnancy. This is why #GFF focuses on the critical stages: pregnancy, birth, #earlyyears & adolescence. #NowIsTheTime#DisabilitySummit
“The Global Financing Facility is the catalyst for encouraging governments to invest their money in the health and nutrition of their people,” said Professor Isaac F. Adewole, Minister of Health of Nigeria. “No development, or meaningful development. @theGFF@HERFON_NG