Contents
1. Overview 4
Message from the UN Secretary-General to the Global Campaign for the Health MDGs 8
Promoting Global Health at the L’Aquila G8 Summit 2009, Prime Minister Berlusconi 9
The European Commission 10
The World Bank 12
2. Key policy directions: Lessons from previous crises for health and social protection 14
Lessons from previous economic crises 15
Financing for social protection 18
3. Country action: Leading by example 20
France 21
Germany 22
Japan 23
United Kingdom 24
Tanzania 25
Senegal 26
Norway 27
The Netherlands 28
Mozambique 29
Liberia 30
Indonesia 31
Chile 32
Brazil 33
Australia 34
China 35
Russia 37
4. Rising to the challenge Specific actions by key stakeholders 38
GAVI 39
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria 40
UNAIDS 41
UNFPA 42
UNICEF 43
World Health Organization 45
Civil Society – Foundation for Community Development 46
Civil Society – International NGOs 47
Civil Society – Private sector 48
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 49
5. Forging a new MNCH Consensus and pulling together during the crisis 50
Every pregnancy wanted, every birth safe, every newborn healthy 51