Unlocking the Power of the Private Sector to Build Resilient and Equitable Health Systems Nurse preparing a vaccination at the Meshwalekiya health center in Kirkos, Ethiopia. (Photo: World Bank Group-Michael Tsegaye) Across the Global Financing Facility’s (GFF) 36 partner countries, there has been up to a 25 percent drop in coverage of essential health interventions, hitting women, children and adolescents the hardest. Global supply chains have also been disrupted, affecting the provision of medicines, contraceptives, and crucial protective equipment for frontline health workers. Governments responded swiftly to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, but health systems are still under strain. While strengthening the public health sector delivery capabilities and domestic resource mobilization remains a priority, private providers also play a key role in serving a sizable proportion of the population in many low- and middle-income countries.