title: The French Muskoka Fund: origin, objectives, and implementation.
abstract: Through its Priority Solidarity Fund, France set up a partnership with four United Nations agencies, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN WOMEN for the years 2011-2015 with an annual budget of 19 M €. An additional sixth year supplementary is underway. The program was developed through a common framework of actions coordinated and harmonized at the level of the target countries: integrated management of childhood diseases, mother-child nutrition, prenatal, perinatal, and postpartum follow-up, sexual and reproductive health, and adolescent health. The contribution of WHO was based on its normative role; UNICEF offered its operational capacity in the field, and UNFPA its focus on reproductive health, while UN WOMEN dealt with gender questions. The countries targeted specifically were: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Haiti, Mali, Nigeria, Central Africa Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Chad, and Togo.
authors.affiliation: Département de la Santé des mères, des nouveau-nés, des enfants et des adolescents, Organisation mondiale de la Santé, 20 av Appia, CH-1211 Genève 27, Suisse.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aboubaker
authors.affiliation: Pôle Politique de santé mondiale, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international, 27 rue de la Convention, CS 91533, 75732 Paris cedex 15, France et les membres du Comité technique du FFM (Unicef, Unfpa, ONU Femmes, OMS).
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D005602:France; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014480:United Nations / Q000191:economics*
keywords: Priority Solidarity Fund; United Nations agencies; aid coordination; infant and adolescent health; maternal; newborn