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Philanthropies <\/span>launch $<\/span>500M <\/span>fund <\/span>to <\/span>improve <\/span>maternal <\/span>and <\/span>newborn <\/span>health <\/span>in <\/span>sub-<\/span>Saharan <\/span>Africa, <\/span>aiming <\/span>to <\/span>save <\/span>300,000 <\/span>lives <\/span>by <\/span>2030 <\/span>amid <\/span>global <\/span>aid <\/span>cuts.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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A <\/span>coalition <\/span>of <\/span>philanthropic <\/span>organisations\u2014<\/span>including <\/span>the <\/span>Gates <\/span>Foundation, <\/span>the <\/span>Mohamed <\/span>Bin <\/span>Zayed <\/span>Foundation <\/span>for <\/span>Humanity, <\/span>and <\/span>several <\/span>others\u2014<\/span>has <\/span>launched <\/span>The <\/span>Beginnings <\/span>Fund<\/span><\/em><\/a>, <\/span>a $<\/span>500 <\/span>million <\/span>initiative <\/span>aimed <\/span>at <\/span>saving <\/span>the <\/span>lives <\/span>of <\/span>300,000 <\/span>mothers <\/span>and <\/span>newborns <\/span>across <\/span>10 <\/span>sub-<\/span>Saharan <\/span>African <\/span>countries <\/span>by <\/span>2030. <\/span>The <\/span>fund <\/span>was <\/span>announced <\/span>on <\/span>April <\/span>29, <\/span>2025, <\/span>in <\/span>Abu <\/span>Dhabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

At <\/span>a <\/span>time <\/span>when <\/span>global <\/span>health <\/span>funding <\/span>is <\/span>declining, <\/span>the <\/span>initiative <\/span>stands <\/span>in <\/span>stark <\/span>contrast <\/span>to <\/span>ongoing <\/span>international <\/span>aid <\/span>cuts. <\/span>The <\/span>fund <\/span>will <\/span>prioritise <\/span>low-<\/span>cost, <\/span>high-<\/span>impact <\/span>interventions <\/span>to <\/span>address <\/span>leading <\/span>causes <\/span>of <\/span>maternal <\/span>and <\/span>newborn <\/span>mortality, <\/span>such <\/span>as <\/span>infection, <\/span>postpartum <\/span>haemorrhage, <\/span>and <\/span>neonatal <\/span>respiratory <\/span>distress. <\/span>Operating <\/span>in <\/span>Ethiopia, <\/span>Ghana, <\/span>Kenya, <\/span>Lesotho, <\/span>Malawi, <\/span>Nigeria, <\/span>Rwanda, <\/span>Tanzania, <\/span>Uganda, <\/span>and <\/span>Zimbabwe, <\/span>the <\/span>fund <\/span>will <\/span>focus <\/span>on <\/span>strengthening <\/span>service <\/span>delivery <\/span>in <\/span>high-<\/span>burden <\/span>hospitals <\/span>through <\/span>better-<\/span>trained <\/span>personnel <\/span>and <\/span>improved <\/span>quality <\/span>of <\/span>care. <\/span>In <\/span>addition <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>pooled <\/span>funding, <\/span>partners <\/span>have <\/span>committed <\/span>a <\/span>further $<\/span>100 <\/span>million <\/span>in <\/span>direct <\/span>maternal <\/span>and <\/span>child <\/span>health <\/span>investments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Importantly, <\/span>the <\/span>initiative <\/span>emphasises <\/span>collaboration <\/span>with <\/span>African <\/span>governments <\/span>and <\/span>local <\/span>stakeholders. \u201c<\/span>Mothers <\/span>and <\/span>newborns <\/span>should <\/span>not <\/span>be <\/span>dying <\/span>from <\/span>causes <\/span>we <\/span>know <\/span>how <\/span>to <\/span>prevent,\u201d <\/span>said <\/span>Dr. <\/span>Mekdes <\/span>Daba, <\/span>Ethiopia\u2019s <\/span>Minister <\/span>of <\/span>Health, <\/span>highlighting <\/span>the <\/span>urgency <\/span>of <\/span>renewed <\/span>investments. <\/span>Led <\/span>from <\/span>Nairobi, <\/span>Kenya, <\/span>The <\/span>Beginnings <\/span>Fund <\/span>aims <\/span>to <\/span>reverse <\/span>recent <\/span>stagnation <\/span>in <\/span>progress <\/span>on <\/span>maternal <\/span>and <\/span>neonatal <\/span>health <\/span>outcomes. <\/span>According <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>World <\/span>Health <\/span>Organization, <\/span>the <\/span>global <\/span>neonatal <\/span>mortality <\/span>rate, <\/span>which <\/span>was <\/span>halved <\/span>between <\/span>1990 <\/span>and <\/span>2022, <\/span>is <\/span>once <\/span>again <\/span>at <\/span>risk <\/span>of <\/span>backsliding <\/span>without <\/span>increased <\/span>and <\/span>sustained <\/span>support.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>new <\/span>philanthropic <\/span>effort <\/span>signals <\/span>a <\/span>shift <\/span>toward <\/span>regionally <\/span>anchored, <\/span>partnership-<\/span>driven <\/span>approaches <\/span>to <\/span>sustainable <\/span>health <\/span>financing <\/span>and <\/span>universal <\/span>health <\/span>coverage <\/span>in <\/span>sub-<\/span>Saharan <\/span>Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Philanthropies launch $500M fund to improve maternal and newborn health in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to save 300,000 lives by 2030 amid global aid cuts. A coalition of philanthropic organisations\u2014including the Gates Foundation, the Mohamed Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity, and several others\u2014has launched The Beginnings Fund, a $500 million initiative aimed at saving the lives…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987770424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[117,130],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987770421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987772672,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770421\/revisions\/987772672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987770424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987770421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987770421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987770421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}