by Haruna Gimba | Aug 16, 2023 | Health Financing, News, Nigeria, West Africa
By Iyemah David A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Africa has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to allocate dedicated funds towards health security in the country. Speaking on on Wednesday, in Abuja, at the Africa Regional Advocacy Summit...
by Haruna Gimba | Aug 16, 2023 | Health Financing, News, West Africa
By Iyemah David Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from African countries have called on the Sierra Leone Government to expedite the establishment of a Public Health Emergency Agency. They made the call on Wednesday, in Abuja, at the Africa Regional Advocacy Summit...
by Africa Health Budget Network | May 19, 2022 | Accountability, Health Financing, News, Press Releases
Written by Asmau Ahmad (she/her) The Africa Health Budget Network is thrilled to announce a grant of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) from the Ford Foundation for core support to strengthen accountability for COVID-19 finances, and vaccines equitable access in...
by Africa Health Budget Network | Nov 13, 2021 | Health Financing, International, News
…..Some countries in Africa allocate a lump sum of money for the broad category of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (RMNCH). This approach creates issues for implementation because it becomes difficult to determine how much money to allocate to a...
by Africa Health Budget Network | Oct 1, 2021 | Health Financing, Press Releases
PRESS Statement AHBN charges African Heads of State on prudent spending of over US$33.7 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to the region …commit some of the funding to COVID-19 Vaccines Equitable Access, Health Security and Economic recovery Abuja, Nigeria; 1...
by Africa Health Budget Network | Sep 30, 2021 | Health Financing, News, Nigeria, RMNCAH+N
Written by Iwatutu Joyce Adewole (she/her) The 2020 and 2021 federal budgets in Nigeria made very little provision for some critical issues affecting adolescents and young people. This observation was made on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 by the steering committee of the...