Financing Africa’s Health Security and Sovereignty
A Health Financing Reform Handbook for African Union Member States. Executive Summary Introduction Africa’s health-financing landscape has entered a decisive transition. After two decades of progress supported by expanding development assistance for health (DAH) and disease-specific programmes, the continent now faces a convergence of fiscal pressures that threaten the sustainability of health systems and recent gains in […]
Africa CDC Guidance for Any Clinical Trial to be Conducted in Africa
Africa CDC has defined a comprehensive, Africa-relevant checklist of conditionalities that an external company (sponsor) must meet to conduct a vaccine clinical trial in an African country. This guidance includes several steps below: 1. National Regulatory Authorization (Mandatory) Before any trial activity: a) National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) The sponsor must obtain written authorization from […]
Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era – April, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic […]