Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pitt, Catherine; Bath, David; Binyaruka, Peter; Borghi, Josephine; Martinez-Alvarez, Melisa; (2021) Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ global health, 6 (6). e006089-e006089. ISSN 2059-7908 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006089

Abstract

Summary box Greater investment in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) is needed to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 and avoid a reversal of recent gains in RMNCH coverage and outcomes. Aid for RMNCH as a whole fell by 6% between 2017 and 2018 and only increased by 2% in 2019; over the same 2-year period, aid for the reproductive health of non-pregnant women fell by 25%. Volatile and falling aid for RMNCH may have rendered RMNCH systems more fragile in the 2 years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage everyone—academics, advocates and policy makers—to explore and exploit the Muskoka2 aid for RMNCH dataset and other aid datasets, as part of efforts to improve RMNCH outcomes.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development MRC Gambia > GM-Gambia Clinical Services/Comms
Research Centre	Covid-19 Research Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH)
PubMed ID	34108147
Elements ID	161529