THE CATALYTIC INITIATIVE TO SAVE A MILLION LIVES (CI)

The Catalytic Initiative aims to intensify efforts to achieve MDGs 4 and 5 by strengthening the focus of national plans and budgets and the capacity of country-led systems to deliver packages of proven, high-impact and cost-effective health and nutrition interventions for children and pregnant women. Community partnerships are supported to strengthen health systems and to educate and inform families on best practices to care for women and children. The CI should be viewed as a concrete step for country-level scale-up of a continuum of care, community partnerships and health systems for outcomes with a focus on "Programme Monitoring and Results Tracking", in order to demonstrate lessons learned (learning by doing).