AFRICA FRONTLINE FIRST

Africa Frontline First Initiative (AFF) is an Africa-led partnership under the championship of H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, that drives smarter, more effective financing to bring lifesaving care to millions across Africa. By catalyzing $2 billion by 2030, Africa Frontline First will train and deploy 200,000 professional community health workers to serve 100 million people across the continent.

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The Challenge

 

The fragmentation of funding for community health in Africa causes inefficiencies and gaps in essential services, hindering progress towards universal health coverage. Africa Frontline First. catalyzes more and better financing for community health, ensuring resources align with country priorities and flow efficiently through national systems.

The Africa Frontline First Catalytic Fund is the largest fund in history for professionalized community health workers​. Since 2022, Africa Frontline First has mobilized US$219 million from public, private, and social sectors to directly support country-led community health programs. This includes a US$100 million catalytic fund, which was launched with support from the Global Fund, the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation.

FAH was the seed investor and remains the fiscal sponsor of Africa Frontline First.

This approach puts governments in the driving seat, enabling them to be the deal-makers of their community health programs– directly impacting professional community health workers and patients across the continent.

Our Impact  

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unlocked from multilaterals and philanthropy toward community health programs in Africa. This includes a Catalytic Fund designed with the Global Fund, Skoll Foundation, and Johnson & Johnson Foundation

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Community Health Workers ever supported by Africa Frontline First and its government partners to provide quality community-based primary healthcare services

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Population with access to improved accessto quality care