The Muskoka Initiative and global health financing /

This is salutary, especially given the impact of fiscal austerity on the aid budget and other significant changes such as the Where is Canada with respect to its financing amalgamation of the former aid agency with the department of foreign commitment? [...] Ab out Muskoka- MNCH The Muskoka-MNCH initiative came about as a result of a concerted effort by global health experts and health advocates during the mid-2000s to raise awareness of key maternal and child health concerns across the developing world. [...] The same data indicates organizations and agencies part of the UN system (WHO, WFP, UNDP and UNICEF being the most important) are the largest single channel for Canadian Muskoka-MNCH spending and account for around 36%; followed by international financial institutions (including the World Bank and regional development banks) which account for 23%; and international and Canadian NGOs which account [...] This data is presented as a bubble graph in Figure 5, where the bubbles are sized and colored to reflect the amount of spending going to the particular subsector. [...] Conclusions The aim of this brief analysis has been to (a) present a comprehensive set of data on Canada’s Muskoka-MNCH initiative and (b) situate the same in the wider context of global health financing.