Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the first World Development Report, which focused on health, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health released the Global Health 2035 report in 2013. This visionary report asserts that we can achieve significant health gains in low- and middle-income countries by 2035, thus achieving a grand convergence. Aligned with Global Health 2035, this new report — Advancing Social and Economic Development by Investing in Women’s and Children’s Health: a New Global Investment Framework — mapped the health, economic, and social gains resulting from a greater investment in women’s and children’s health during the same time period. Contraceptive commodity costs and the associated supply chain operational costs required to minimize the unmet need for family planning are important elements of the overall Framework costs.
