AU Leaders: Domestic Resource Mobilization, Smart Partnerships Form Bedrock of Universal Health Coverage

By Ummuro Adano, Regional Director, East AfricaFebruary 12, 2019To get better health and economic results, African leaders say, let ' s work together as a continent.The global landscape of development assistance for health is rapidly changing: donor funding has plateaued, and many middle-income countries in Africa have either transitioned or are rapidly transitioning toward self-sufficiency and an end to financial backing from external donor organizations —a process that has also been called “graduation” from donor assistance.Domestic resource mobilization, smart partnership with the private sector, and equitable financing for universal health coverage dominated the agenda of the firstAfrica Leadership Meeting: Investing in Health on February 9, 2019, at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Clearly, beyond the medium-term, African countries can ’t rely on aid to fill their health spending gaps. The global aid budget isn’t growing and fluctuates depending on the changing priorities in donor countries. We will get better results if we work together as a continent.If countries are to develop effective and equitable health systems, governments in the region need to raise much of the required money by expanding their own progressive tax systems, reorienting their health systems, and collaborating with the private sector and money markets.“We will get better results if we work together as a continent, for example, to press f...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Leadership and Governance Policy & Advocacy Private-Sector Approaches Health Financing Health Workforce Systems Primary Health Care Ethiopia Source Type: news