Forging Partnerships in Health: Transforming Health Systems through Collaboration
Adara Development, Babies and Mothers Alive (BAMA), Rippleworks, and Lever for Change
About the session
Recent shifts in global funding, including the closure of major USAID programs and the withdrawal of large institutional support, have disrupted health delivery systems across many low and middle-income countries. In this changing landscape, traditional competitive funding models are becoming harder to sustain. Increasingly, meaningful and lasting health impact depends on collaboration across organizations, funders, and governments.
This session will explore how dynamic, long-term, locally led partnerships can strengthen health systems and improve outcomes at scale.
Leaders from Adara Development and Babies and Mothers Alive will share their experience building partnerships with NGOs, funders, and governments over a combined fifty years. Together with Rippleworks and Lever for Change, we will reflect on the successes, challenges, and lessons that have emerged from building collaborative initiatives designed to drive systemic change.
The session will begin with a panel conversation, followed by small group discussions where participants can reflect on their own experiences with partnership and collaboration. These conversations will feed into a final whole group dialogue focused on identifying practical next steps for working together more effectively.
Who this is for
This session is for innovators, implementers, philanthropists, and government representatives working to strengthen health systems in low and middle-income countries.
What you will get out of it
Insights from organizations with decades of experience building cross-sector health partnerships
Reflections on what makes collaborative models work and where they often break down
The opportunity to exchange experiences with peers working in global health
A discussion focused on practical steps for strengthening collaboration in a changing funding environment.