Meghalaya signs MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Meghalaya is only the third state in India in area 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 the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Agriculture, M Ampareen Lyngdoh. M. Hari Menon Director of the India Country Office at the Gates Foundation, and Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretar Health & Family Welfare Department on behalf of the state signed the MoU.
The MoU signed called for the realization of efficient and effective healthcare solutions in Meghalaya, and the parties also pledged to undertake numerous activities in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially the health-related goal for the year 2030. The MoU will last for four years where both stakeholders shall facilitate successful delivery of the set objectives in the paper with efficiency checkups, monitoring, and evaluation.
Through the MoU, BMGF will provide both financial and technical support to improve outcomes in twelve key areas: comprehensive primary healthcare, family planning, maternal health and anaemia, 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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