This report was initiated by the Investors Group of the Global Financing Facility. Key stakeholders and partners were invited to contribute to the report by Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates.
The report was developed under the overall direction of Tore Godal, Special Advisor on Global Health to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, and Tim Evans, Senior Director of Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group.
Contributions to the report were coordinated by a core group, which included: Monique Vledder, Dianne Stewart and Jennine Meyer (The Global Financing Facility Secretariat), Åse Elin Bjerke (the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Lars Grønseth (Editor), Helga Fogstad, Ingvar Theo Olsen and Majuri Nanthakumaran (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – Norad).
Valuable support in the development of the report was provided by: the executive offices of all the contributors; regional and country offices of the World Bank; the executive office of the Secretary-General; the office of the Prime Minister of Norway; embassies and United Nations missions; and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.
Funds were made available for publication of the report by Norad and the Global Financing Facility.
Published by the Global Financing Facility on behalf of the GFF Investors Group, Washington, September 2016
Lay-out: Goris Communications
Editorial Services by Richard Cheeseman and Robert Taylor,
Robert Taylor Communications, London
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