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Today’s #UHC day marks 1st anniversary of the launch of the #LusakaAgenda, which outlined 5 key shifts to shape the evolution of GHIs and the broader global health financing ecosystem. futureofghis.org/final-outputs/… A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)

At #AHAIC, an informal breakfast meeting was held to reflect on national, regional, and global initiatives to advance the Lusaka Agenda. We brainstormed ways to ensure these efforts are connected and not operating in silos. A key takeaway: the time is now to prioritize concrete

Attending #AHAIC2025 conference in Kigali/online this week? Join the session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC. Africa CDC Malawi Government🇲🇼 Amref Health Africa WHO African Region African Constituency Bureau Wellcome

Health for All, Not for Some: Revamping the Global Health Architecture for Equitable Access x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“Health stakeholders need to speak more with stakeholders in the financial systems” highlights Magda Robalo while underlining theurgency of reforms across the global health architecture in powerful plenary at #AHAIC2025 chaired by Dr. Mercy Mwangangi.

What can the #LusakaAgenda do to change systems that were not set up to serve the health of their populations? Ngozi Erondu highlights colonial history of many health systems and issues a call for sweeping & integrated global health reforms AHAIC Official plenary Lancet Commission on RSDGH

We need to translate the shifts of the #LusakaAgenda into institutional shifts, underscores Landry Tsague, MD, MPH, PhD Director PHC Africa CDC in Kigali AHAIC Official and highlights the Lusaka Agenda Continental Accountability Framework to inform Heads of State on implementation each year.

Implementing the Lusaka Agenda: Accelerating Country-led Trajectories Towards UHC At #AHAIC2025, the side event reaffirmed a core truth: The #LusakaAgenda is Africa’s opportunity to drive stronger health systems and #UHC through country leadership, alignment, and accountability.

"We have to move faster" stresses Dr Githinji Gitahi, MBS closing the AHAIC Official session on implementing the #LusakaAgenda towards #UHC, while Dr Manthalu (Malawi) and Dr Rumunu (South Sudan) shared powerful progress in better aligning global health financing with country health priorities

“How the global public understands & talks about aid—as charity instead of reparation for colonial era & contemporary injustice—needs to change.” NEW in ⁦The BMJ⁩ by Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo⁩ ⁦Dr Ebere Okereke⁩ ⁦Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá⁩ bmj.com/content/388/bm…

"health finance must be understood as a long-term investment, not a short-term cost. The COVID-19 pandemic showed that the cost of inaction—an estimated US$13,8 trillion in cumulative economic losses—is magnitudes greater than the cost of action" critical to remember now

"African leaders, under Africa CDC stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance" to counter health sector unprecedented financing crisis: africacdc.org/download/afric…

Africa’s health financing crisis threatens to reverse decades of progress, risking 2-4 million preventable deaths annually and increasing pandemic risks. Learn more in our recent Concept Paper: ow.ly/jU7l50VvqhE #AfricaCDC #HealthFinancing

New World Health Organization (WHO) rapid survey in 108 country offices: Magnitude of service disruptions due to current health ODA cuts is 3/4 of disruption level at COVID-19 peak. News story: who.int/news/item/10-0… Slide deck with details: cdn.who.int/media/docs/def…

An era in global health, inaugurated in 2000 by the UN Millennium Declaration, has passed...The new era of global health must be rapidly constructed without seeking merely to restore what was. thelancet.com/journals/lance… 🔐

At this week’s World Health Assembly, thanks to leadership shown by Nigeria’s health minister, Muhammad Pate, member states will vote on a resolution urging increased domestic spending on health and better oversight of health financing. It’s a pivotal decision for member states.

Global health shouldn’t rely on charity. Now is the time for reform. Read how ⁦Wellcome⁩ will foster discussions wellcome.org/news/global-he…

As head of one of the world's largest health science philanthropies, we're supporting brave reimagining of the global health ecosystem. devex.com/news/opinion-g…

Insightful comment taking stock of "Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security" gh.bmj.com/content/10/5/e… By World Health Organization (WHO) IANPHI Robert Koch-Institut Alliance for HPSR, Africa CDC et al.