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Investing in women’s and children’s health will secure substantial health, social and economic returns. Increasing health expenditure by only US$ 5 per capita per year until 2035 (equivalent to US$ 30 billion per year, and in per capita terms representing a 2% increase in current spending) in the 74 high-burden countries could result in up to nine times that value in economic and social benefits. These benefits include greater GDP growth through improved productivity, as well as avoiding the preventable deaths of 147 million children, 32 million stillbirths, and 5 million women between 2013- 2035.