MoU signed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
To improve health, nutrition and agriculture outcomes
IH News Desk
NATIONAL, September 25, 2024: Meghalaya government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have entered into an MoU to work together on improving population health outcomes in the state, particularly related to maternal and newborn health, family planning, nursing education, and agriculture and livestock development. Meghalaya is the third state in India in terms of both health and agriculture, after Uttar Pradesh & Bihar, with whom the Gates Foundation is establishing a partnership.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad K Sangma and Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Agriculture Dr M Ampareen Lyngdoh. M Hari Menon, Director of the India Country Office at the Gates Foundation, and Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretary to the GoM, Health & Family Welfare Department on behalf of the state signed the MoU.
The MoU calls for the realisation of efficient and effective healthcare solutions in Meghalaya and pledges to undertake numerous activities in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially the health-related goal for the year 2030. It will last for four years, facilitating successful delivery of the set objectives through efficiency check-ups, monitoring and evaluation.
BMGF will provide both financial and technical support to improve outcomes in twelve key areas: comprehensive primary healthcare, family planning, maternal health and anemia, neonatal health, immunisation, childhood wasting and nutrition, nursing education, supply chain management, digital health, results-based financing and performance management in healthcare, competency mapping and development for government functionaries, and agriculture and livestock development.
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