MLI, a program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, seeks to strengthen the capacity of ministries of health in Ethiopia, Mali, Nepal, Senegal and Sierra Leone to provide leadership in three policy areas: health financing for equity, donor harmonization in heath, and reproductive health. MLI works to support Ministers of Health in upholding the right to health by ensuring equitable access to public health services for all people in their country.
Reproductive Health Component of MLI Announced
With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, MLI has established a reproductive health component of MLI to strengthen the leadership capacity of ministries of health to promote large scale policy reforms to improve reproductive health outcomes in three of the MLI African countries.
Dr. Francis Omaswa joins MLI
Dr. Omaswa will work as a Senior Advisor to MLI to provide support, advice and assistance in developing and implementing health policy reform in the five MLI countries.
MLI Reception at 2009 World Health Assembly
MLI to host reception featuring all MLI Ministers during the 2009 World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.