The health of women and children is a cornerstone for building healthy and stable societies around the world. Yet after decades of steady growth, development assistance for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (known as RMNCAH) has stagnated since 2011. Today, there is an estimated $60 billion annual deficit in health investment in Africa alone.To fill this void, country governments need to work more purposefully and strategically to integrate the private sector, both local…