The aim of the Norway-Pakistan Partnership Initiative (NPPI) is to provide catalytic support towards the implementation of national, provincial and district plans to improve the maternal newborn, and child health (MNCH) of poor and socially excluded people in Pakistan.

The purpose is to increase provision of and access to MNCH interventions for the poor and socially excluded in Sindh Province, as well as to raise demand and utilization for those services.

Some important underlying principles are:

• Provide catalytic and strategic support to strengthening health systems efforts (e.g. human resources, referral system, etc) aimed at accelerating activities under national MNCH policies, plans and strategies.
• Use of innovative and flexible result based financing approaches to improve effectiveness and productivity of quality MNCH care provision and increase demand and utilization of care.