The Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) was established in 2011 to unite voices and efforts from all over the world to support a fully funded Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Hosted by WACI Health in Nairobi, Kenya, GFAN Africa has built a continent – wide social movement that demands health for all by recruiting, connecting and mobilizing advocates to communicate the urgent need for successful replenishments of the Global Fund. Informed by the Global Fund investment cases, GFAN Africa membership reaches out to implementing countries, donors, private sector and foundations to contribute to the Global Fund so that resources which are raised are used to strengthen health systems prevent new infections of HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria and to save lives.
Using the right to health framework, GFAN Africa mobilizes implementing countries to increase their allocation of domestic resources for health to ensure sustainable healthcare financing. To ensure maximum impact, we organize training for our network membership to increase their capacity to develop and implement advocacy strategies for resource mobilization. Additionally, as we mobilize resources, we urge prudent use of the resources for the achievement of universal healthcare coverage so that everyone, everywhere has access to effective and efficient healthcare services. Realizing that health is affected by factors such as climate change, we work in strategic partnerships for maximum impact. Our work aims at making sustained progress towards the 2030 agenda and especially in Sustainable Development Goal 3 on the health and wellbeing for all.
To achieve our ambition for sustainable health financing, at GFAN Africa, we will not relent in elevating and uniting civil society’s voices and action on health advocacy in the Africa region.