Executive Summary
This report has been developed to provide a timely and constructive input to the Global Financing Facility business plan development process, in the context of supporting the 2015 update to the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health. It is the first report in a consultation process that will extend through the early part of 2015 around the development of the next Global Strategy for Women’s Children’s and Adolescents’ Health under the Every Woman Every Child banner. Over 1,400 individuals and organisations contributed views on the Global Financing Facility (Appendix A), in the course of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)-hosted consultation process, which took place over five weeks, from 10 November 2014 to 12 December 2014. Comments were collected through an online survey (www.WomenChildrenPost2015.org) and a range of consultation events and meetings supported by PMNCH members. The participation in the consultation reflects the enthusiasm and interest that the Global Financing Facility (GFF) has generated. The report arranges comments into three sections (context and landscape, design, and implementation). The summary of findings and conclusions form the final section and are summarised below in this Executive Summary.