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Innovative Finance Tool Helps Aid Dollars Go Farther
Leading global health experts gathered in Washington, DC to discuss how innovative, private sector-led partnerships can create certainty, drive more efficient resource management, and fill growing gaps in a challenging funding landscape. At the event, the UN Foundation unveiled the Pledge Guarantee for Health (PGH), a promising new financial tool developed to speed and streamline foreign assistance disbursement and make global health supplies more affordable for recipient countries.
The event was sponsored by the UN Foundation and featured Amie Batson from USAID, Joy Phumaphi from African Leaders Malaria Alliance, Devin Dorkin from The World Bank, Maureen Harrington from Standard Bank, Noam Unger from The Brookings Institution, and Kevin Starace from the UN Foundation.
News
Global Health and Diplomacy Magazine, January 2012
Muhammad Yunus piece on “When stretching a dollar means saving a life,” Sept 2011
United Nations Dispatch, Feb 2011
Philanthropy News Digest, Feb 2011
Gates Foundation report, Feb 2011
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Annual Report, 2010
Resources
Informational Brochure (French)
Informational Brochure (Spanish)
Presentations on PGH and Innovative Financing
PGH Overview Presentation (pptx) English
PGH Overview Presentation (pptx) Spanish
PGH Overview Presentation (pptx) French
PGH Overview Presentation to IPPF (pdf)










