b'IMPACT STATEMENT 2022HEALTH Sustainable finance and transparent leadershipHealth financing, data for decision-making and governance and leadership are critical pillars of CAPABILITYthe health system. Crown Agents experience in leadership and management can support clients to improve their governance processes, leading to more transparent, inclusive and equitable health systems. Through enhancing gender-responsive budgeting,accountability in public financial management OVERVIEW and health financing, we also enable national governments to grow their health budgets and increase their own revenues.Medicines, vaccines and health technologies reaching the last mileWe envision a world where allDigital technology for healthA strong health supply chain supported by an effective logistics management system ensures that people have equitable access toThe global health landscape is rapidly changing,a quality product is delivered on time, at a reasonable with digital technologies increasingly becoming a affordable, high-quality healthpart of the everyday delivery of healthcare. At thecost. Crown Agents has a reputation for effectively deploying end-to-end supply chain services on behalf services delivered via resilientsame time, we recognise there is a persistent gap inof governments and donors and providing technical climate-smart health systems.digital access and women and rural and marginalisedassistance in this area. We also have decades communities are at risk of being left behind.of experience supplying medical goods during Crown Agents works withCrown Agents is experienced in digital navigation,emergencies and managing operations in some of governments to strengthen andconnecting ministries of health to digital playersthe remotest regions of the globe.and identifying grounded technology solutions and adapt health systems to ensurepotential applications for developing contexts. We they are fit-for-purpose today andalso advise governments on building and delivering inclusive digital health strategies and enhancing dataGESI and Healthsuitably robust and resilient tocollection.Gender and social exclusion are social determinants meet the challenges of tomorrow.of health; the influence a persons susceptibility Quality, affordable and accessibleto different health conditions, their access to and Climate-smart, resilient health systemsservices uptake of health services, and the health outcomes they experience throughout their life course. At Crown The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that healthHigh-quality affordable and accessible healthAgents, we have dedicated in-house GESI experts systems around the world must be more resilientservices are the starting point of any health systemwho help ensure we adopt an intersectional gender to a range of potential shocks. Climate changeand fundamental to ensuring inclusive and equitablelens to all our work to make sure no one is left behind.is already heavily straining overburdened healthaccess to integrated, safe, people-centred care. Our systems and posing a grave threat to global publicyears spent working in conflict-affected and fragile health, including by increasing illness and death fromstates enable us to support service delivery at scale extreme weather events. Guided by a planetary healthand identify critical gaps and bottlenecks that can lead lens, Crown Agents applies systems thinking to theto poor-quality care and deepen poverty and social climate-health nexus. This helps countries taking anexclusion. This may combine vertical interventions and equity-focussed and inclusive approach to buildingbroader system-strengthening components. health systems that are both resilient to, and mitigate against, the impact of climate change. We work with partners to implement activities on the ground and effectively measure and reduce CO2 emissions.26 27'