Information
- Submitted by: CARE
- Topic: Health and population
- Keywords: Child Health, Youth and Women, Gender Equality, MDGs
- Location: Global
- Date of completion: 2015
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Deliverables & Resources
Action network
- This voluntary initiative came from Every Woman Every Child
CARE commits $1.8 billion over the next 5 years to expand successful maternal, newborn and child health programs
Description/achievement of initiative
CARE commits $1.8 billion over the next 5 years to expand successful maternal, newborn and child health programs, with a focus on empowering girls and women to increase gender equity, linking health systems and communities in systems of mutual accountability, and using innovative approaches to reach the most vulnerable populations. By expanding its maternal health programs into at least 10 additional countries—a 50 percent increase—and by scaling-up programs in countries where it currently operates, CARE aims to aid more than 30 million women of reproductive age by the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline.
Implementation methodologies
By expanding its maternal health programs into at least 10 additional countries—a 50 percent increase—and by scaling-up programs in countries where it currently operates.
Deliverables
| Deliverable | Date |
| By expanding its maternal health programs into at least 10 additional countries—a 50 percent increase—and by scaling-up programs in countries where it currently operates, CARE aims to aid more than 30 million women of reproductive age by the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline. | 2015 |
| CARE commits $1.8 billion over the next 5 years to expand successful maternal, newborn and child health programs, with a focus on empowering girls and women to increase gender equity, linking health systems and communities in systems of mutual accountability, and using innovative approaches to reach the most vulnerable populations | 2015 |
Resources
| Type | Details |
| Financing (in USD) | $1,800,000,000 |