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<p>Despite longstanding global commitments to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), progress remains insufficient to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This paper explores the potential of debt-to-health (D2H) swaps as a mechanism to address financing gaps in MNCH that have been exacerbated by recent reductions in global health funding. Drawing on recent multilateral commitments and historical lessons from debt-for-development swaps, this paper argues that MNCH is uniquely positioned to benefit from such mechanisms due to well-established investment frameworks, political will, and institutional infrastructure. It proposes a model leveraging the Global Financing Facility to facilitate and scale D2H agreements, thereby unlocking fiscal space for national MNCH priorities.</p>

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Debt-to-health as a mechanism to expand fiscal space for maternal newborn and child health investments

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    2026年2月12日

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  • Gareth Mark Jones,
  • Tianen Yao

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Despite longstanding global commitments to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), progress remains insufficient to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This paper explores the potential of debt-to-health (D2H) swaps as a mechanism to address financing gaps in MNCH that have been exacerbated by recent reductions in global health funding. Drawing on recent multilateral commitments and historical lessons from debt-for-development swaps, this paper argues that MNCH is uniquely positioned to benefit from such mechanisms due to well-established investment frameworks, political will, and institutional infrastructure. It proposes a model leveraging the Global Financing Facility to facilitate and scale D2H agreements, thereby unlocking fiscal space for national MNCH priorities.