Inadequate investments in health by African countries remains the biggest challenge underpinning the weak health systems on the continent. This problem is compounded by persisting inefficiencies and wastages in the utilisation of the limited budgets for health. The acknowledgement of this problem has seen African leaders make commitments on increasing investments in health over the years, including the 2001 Abuja Declaration, and more recently, the 2019 African Leadership Meeting (ALM) Declaration. The ALM Declaration, ratified by 52 Heads of State of the African Union (AU), has generated notable traction and momentum among member states.
Financing Surveillance and Pandemics Preparedness and Response (PPR) led by the African Institute for Development Policy in partnership with Globesolute is a six-month learning grant that aims to generate rich insights on pandemics preparedness and readiness (PPR) – what works, where it works, and how and why it works. This will inform the design and implementation of a longer-term project and increase country commitment to sustainable financing of surveillance and PPR.
