Ministerial Leadership Initiative (MLI),

http://www.ministerial-leadership.org/

The Ministerial Leadership Initiative (MLI), a four-year program of Realizing Rights, is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. MLI seeks to strengthen the leadership capacity of ministries of health in Ethiopia, Mali, Nepal, Senegal, and Sierra Leone to advance policy in three interrelated areas: health financing for equity, donor harmonization in health, and reproductive health. Key to MLI’s approach is the belief that stronger political leadership will improve health systems and ensure respect for the right to the highest attainable standard of health, particularly for the most vulnerable populations.