The theme for PAWD 2025, “Advancing Social and Economic Justice for African Women through Reparations”, reminds us of the critical need to address systemic social and economic inequalities hindering women’s empowerment and advancement. PAWD 2025 coincides with the World Breastfeeding Week 2025, themed “Prioritize Breastfeeding:...
In recent years, Ghana has taken bold steps toward strengthening its health financing framework, aligning with the broader continental call for domestic resource mobilisation and domestic financing in health. Through reforms in its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), uncapping of the National Health Insurance Levy...
Rwanda is proving that sustainable health financing is not just aspirational, it is achievable! With declining global health support and abrupt funding cuts from major donors African countries are increasingly turning inward to secure the future of their health systems. Rwanda is emerging as a continental...
Rwanda is proving that sustainable health financing is not just aspirational, it is achievable! With declining global health support and abrupt funding cuts from major donors African countries are increasingly turning inward to secure the future of their health systems. Rwanda is emerging as a continental...
In May 2025, a significant milestone was reached in Africa’s health sovereignty journey: for the first time in its history, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria procured a first-line HIV treatment manufactured on African soil. The medication- TLD (tenofovir, lamivudine and dolutegravir),...
Until recently, Zambia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) faced systemic gaps in health financing governance. Through support from the Advance Domestic Health Financing (ADHF) project, implemented by African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and Partners in Population for Development–Africa Regional Office (PPD-ARO), Zambia has made key...
Malawi is making significant strides in prioritising health within its national agenda. The 2024/25 fiscal year marks a historic shift as the government allocates a substantial portion of its budget to health, surpassing allocations for agriculture and education for the first time. This move highlights...
In February 2019, a defining moment in Africa’s health financing journey was born. The African Union, in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, convened the inaugural Africa Leadership Meeting (ALM) – Investing in Health on the side lines of the 32nd AU Heads of State...
At the recent International Steering Committee meeting in Accra, Dr. David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa, President of both the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) and ICASA 2025, made an urgent appeal: sustainable domestic financing must be central to ICASA’s agenda. His remarks follow the recent U.S....
In March 2025, the South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Hon. Ronald Lamola, made headlines for his speech in Parliament, on the “Motion: USA decision to cut USAID funding and the response thereto,”-speaking frankly about the continent’s reliance on foreign aid. Citing vaccine...