Health is a human right but what is the role of the private sector to deliver it? Too many families around the world are driven into poverty by medical costs when governments struggle to meet the healthcare needs of their populations. Last week, at the World Health Summit, Save the Children convened a panel of experts from Gavi, GSK, Reach52, Kumwe Hub and the WHO to explore the potential of public-private partnerships to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage and ensuring access for those living in poverty.

On the eve of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, Save the Children’s Senior Development Finance Advisor, Richard Watts, explains how the current push from key donor governments for multilateral institutions, like the World Bank, to “do more with less” puts millions of children’s lives at risk, and urges a shift to a “do more with more” approach through innovation and inclusivity.

Reshaping the UK's ODA for better spending.

Exposing the effective £1.6 billion cut to the UK’s international climate finance commitment following accounting changes.

Critical actions G20 Finance Ministers need to announce at this weeks meeting to support global security, prosperity and increased investment in children.

The UK Government must heed the lessons of its aid spending in 2021, and commit to flexibility in the 0.5% GNI aid budget ceiling and confirm return to 0.7% in 2024.

How the 2021 Spending Review will shape UK aid spending on children for the next three years.

Analysis of FCDO's aid budget in 2022, and why returning to spending 0.7% GNI on aid is the UK government's only viable option for them and the world's poorest people.

‘As Shameful as it is Self-Destructive’: How the UK Government’s spending review broke promises to children at home and abroad.

With health as a human right, universal and equitable access to the vaccines and therapeutics that are essential to achieve good health are a fundamental human right.