About > IHP+ Work Plan

Countries and their development partners are seeking to make significant increases in the level of investment and activity in health. They recognize that unless they scale up current efforts, they are unlikely to achieve national health priorities or make progress towards achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs 1b, 4, 5 and 6). Improving health will also contribute to the achievement of other development objectives, in particular those related to poverty reduction, gender equality and education.

There is recognition that scaling up in health requires a far more coherent approach. This recognition takes many forms: a growing awareness that the health-related MDGs cannot be achieved without adequate investment in the health systems that underpin health service delivery; that investment in health needs to be embedded in broader social and economic development planning; that countries need long-term predictable aid from development partners; that partners need to see a clear link between financing and results; and that mechanisms to hold all partners accountable for their performance against international agreements are needed.

Read the IHP+ workplan.