Everyone should have access to healthcare, no matter where they live.

The people closest to the problem hold the most power to change it

The Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) is an Africa-based, African-led, and Africa-focused health financing technical expert dedicated to supporting African governments to better leverage existing funds and mobilize new funding for effective, scalable and sustainable health systems. We believe that investing sustainably in Community Health systems contributes to achieving universal healthcare, disease elimination, and SDG goals.

Our Story

FAH was established in 2015, inspired by the vision of an influential group of global leaders. Among them were Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ray Chambers, Joy Phumaphi, Tim Evans, Paul Farmer, Chelsea Clinton, and Jeff Walker. Their collective recommendations during the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa laid the foundation for FAH, with a mission to transform global health financing and strengthen community health systems across Sub-Saharan Africa.

FAH’s 2024 Journey in Scaling & Strengthening Health Systems.

Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) is an Africa-based, African-led and Africafocused entity that convenes governments, funders, philanthropy, privatesector and communities to address systemic financing challenges to scaling community health systems for delivery of integrated primary healthcare services through country, regional and global partnerships.

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Up to 3 million additional lives per year could be saved by investing in community health programs in Africa.

More than 615 million

people in Africa have no access to basic health services. They face financial, physical and social barriers.

Community Health Workers (CHWs)

are revolutionizing healthcare by providing low-cost, high-quality services at the household level to communities that trust them. Millions of community health workers are not salaried, trained, supervised or equipped.

An additional $4.4 billion annually

is needed for community health programs in Africa - to train, supervise, equip and pay CHWs, while integrating them into the overall health systems.

While Governments

are willing to harness the power of Community Health Workers, financing remains one of the most significant systemic barriers.

We intend to mobilize over $1 billion towards community health in Africa by partnering with governments

Systemic Impact

By partnering with governments, FAH can influence health policies and funding at a national level, leading to broader and more sustainable improvements in health systems.

Sustainability

Government involvement ensures that health financing strategies are integrated into national budgets and policies, promoting long-term sustainability beyond the lifespan of individual projects or external funding.

Scalability

Governments have access to larger pools of funding and can allocate resources more effectively across the entire health system, allowing FAH to maximize the reach and impact of our efforts.

What we do

Government Support

We establish long-term partnerships with governments across sub-Saharan Africa, typically lasting 3-5 years. Our health financing experts support the Ministry of Health in developing and costing Community and Primary Health Strategies, creating investment cases, and mobilizing resources.

The Country Spotlight

Capacity Building

We build the capabilities of government and global health stakeholders to ensure evidence-based resource allocation, better public financial management and program design through :

Financing Mechanisms

Working with donors & the financing industry to design, we develop and deploy financial products to support governments in scaling effective community and primary health programs.

Toolkits and publications

We develop and offer toolkits to support evidence generation as well as publishing papers which then go to ensure evidence-based costing of Health Plans, development of investment cases and ultimately mobilization of financing.

The Country
Spotlight

Since inception FAH has supported 22 governments (16 national and 6 sub-national governments).

We are currently active in 7 countries: Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali.

Our impact model is rooted in the 4 strategic pillars

(The Money, The Policies, The People and The Skills) as detailed in our 2023 – 2027 Strategy for Community health systems strengthening for scale and sustainability.

Mobilized directly through FAH support from domestic, private sector and donor agencie towards community Health in 16 countries.

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Policies we co-develop have mobilized resources specifically from governments towards their community health programs.

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Community health workers recognized and professionalized (trained, equipped, supervised and compensated)

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Stakeholders upskilled on health financing across 90+ countries

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Awards and Recognitions

The award, which is announced at the World Economic Forum honors leaders and organizations that drive systemic change worldwide.

Annually, the Skoll Foundation honors leaders and organizations that advance transformational social change globally, fostering innovation and collaboration.