Joint Learning Agenda on Health Financing and Universal Health Coverage

Program Overview

The Joint Learning Agenda is a program where civil society with the leadership of two regional organizations -WACI Health and Impact Santé Afrique (ISA)- has come together with a consortium of global health initiatives (GHIs) —The Global Financing Facility, The Global Fund, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gavi, and UHC 2030 to develop, deliver and support capacity strengthening on UHC Budget Advocacy and Accountability in Sub-Sahara Africa.

The program promotes a multi-stakeholder collaboration that, through constructive mechanisms, will hold governments and donors to account for the allocation and equitable use of funding for health.

This unique partnership leverages collaboration between the different GHIs’ agendas, such as the GAP, UHC agenda and COVID-19 response, and provides a coordinated, aligned and long-term support to Civil Society engagement in these agendas.

PHASE 1 – LEARNING:

Pillar 1:
Regional Training of Trainers (Anglophone and Francophone).

Pillar 2:
In-country practical and action orientated trainings focusing on building CSO’s capacity on advocacy and accountability for health financing for UHC.

PHASE 2 – SUPPORT:

Pillar 3:
Putting learning into practice with the support of tailored capacity building, technical assistance, mentoring and grants.

Why Support?

Civil Society organisations (CSOs) are playing a critical role in building a strong-equity focused and people-led movement for UHC.

Multiple strategies, guidelines, and other documents exist that emphasize the need for CSOs greater role in advocacy for accessible and quality health care, including through the active participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in multi-stakeholder platforms.

With the challenge of Sub-Saharan African countries to meet the Abuja Declaration commitments (government expenditure on health should be equivalent to at least 5% of GDP and 15% of total government expenditure), the need for addressing resource mobilisation, and especially domestic resource mobilisation, is essential to achieve universal health coverage (UHC).

Civil Society organisations (CSOs) are playing a critical role in building a strong-equity focused and people-led movement for UHC.Civil Society organisations (CSOs) are playing a critical role in building a strong-equity focused and people-led movement for UHC.

Why Support CSO?

Project Aims

Why Support CSO?

Project Aims

The programme aims to develop a cadre of trainers who can build capacity through delivering training on health financing, UHC and budget advocacy to country level actors from civil society, media organisations and from among elected representatives and that can provide in-country support to budget advocacy and accountability activities undertaken by CSO actors as well as mentorship.
The goal is to promote a multi-stakeholder collaboration that, through constructive mechanisms, will hold governments and donors to account for the allocation and equitable use of funding for health.
The training empowers local champions and stakeholders through being developed by civil society for civil society.