Capacity Building
Online Course Series
In partnership with Last Mile Health’s Community Health Academy, the Financing Alliance for Health launched the online course series. Drawing on cases and lessons learned from practitioners around the world, this series presents an in-depth exploration of the financing pathways crucial to building well-designed, adequately resourced, and sustainable community health systems.
The courses in the series

Costing
Understand importance of costing to help policymakers, managers, planners, and providers make rational, evidence-based decisions about the financing and delivery of health care.
Making the case
Explore how and why a convincing case for investing in community health systems is critical to mobilizing more resources in the space.
Sources of Funding
Identify new sources of funding that are crucial when financing community health systems.
Political Prioritization
Learn political prioritization of community health — at the country and global levels — as a prerequisite to building, financing, supporting, launching sustainable community health systems.
Public Financial Management
Learn public financial management (PFM), its role in community health, and effective practices for successful PFM.
Resource Mapping and Gap Analysis
Conduct a multi-year resource map to analyze the resources available for a community health system & gap analysis to indicate the funding required for the implementation of a Community Health System.
Investment Planning & Creating Systems for Sustainable Financing
Compile learnings from other courses and create an investment plan: a guide that helps the government align funding actors, set vision & target for the mix of financing, and provide a platform for accountability to funding commitments.
Health Systems Accelerator (HSA) Fellowship Program
The Health Systems Accelerator (HSA) Fellowship Program is an initiative by FAH aimed at equipping Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance personnel with essential skills in health systems strengthening, leadership, governance, and health financing. Through this 9 – months long program, fellows gain the expertise to address critical health challenges, particularly in advancing Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) outcomes.
Why Join the Fellowship Program?
Bilingual Program
We ensure that our program is delivered in both French and English, facilitating cross-country learning even for participants who do not speak the same language.
1:1 Mentorship
Fellows receive personalized mentorship from top Health Financing and Policy Experts in Africa, providing invaluable guidance and insights.
Practical Education
Each fellow leads a reform initiative, gaining hands-on experience and practical skills essential for driving impactful health system changes.
Cross-Country Learning
Through in-person visits, webinars, and conferences, fellows engage in knowledge exchange, gaining a broader perspective on health systems across Africa.
How Does the Program Work?
Foundations
Starting with online self-paced learning and an intensive bootcamp, fellows gain foundational knowledge in health financing and policy.
Mentorship and Coaching
Fellows receive continuous 1:1 mentorship from FAH experts and participate in personalized coaching to address health system gaps.
Fieldwork and Action
In-country immersion experiences allow fellows to apply their skills in real-world settings. Each fellow is required to choose and lead a health systems reform in their country, collaborating with their mentors and other fellows on strategy and policy development.
Cross-Country Learning
Through in-person visits, webinars, and conferences, fellows engage in knowledge exchange, gaining a broader perspective on health systems across Africa.
Graduation
At the program’s end, fellows present the reforms they led, are recognized and certified, ready to lead and transform healthcare within their respective regions.
Our Cohorts

Senior Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer,
Ministry of Health
Zambia
A data-driven approach to reduce maternal mortalities in Zambia- Retrospective Cross-sectional Analysis of the provincial disparities in maternal mortality between 2018 to 2023.

Assistant Director
Health Promotion and
Community Health
Zambia
Enhancing National Health Insurance Scheme integration and utilization among Community Based Volunteers in Zambia.

Head of SE Unit of Community
Health Reforms and Initiatives,
Ministry of Health and Social Action
Senegal
Evaluation Of Community Health Financing in Senegal using The Community Health Financing Assessment (CHFA) Tool.

Head of the Child Survival
Division, Ministry of Health
and Social Action
Senegal
Enhancing community– based follow-up of the mother-child pair during the first 1,000 days of life.

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer, Directorate of Primary
Health Care, Ministry of Health
Sierra Leone
Review and update of the 2011 Facility Management Committee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Health Economic
Analyst,
Ministry of Health
Sierra Leone
Development of Operational Guidelines for the implementation of Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance (SLeSHI)

Head of Sectoral Planning
and Monitoring-Evaluation,
Ministry of Health
Central African Republic
Resource Mobilization for Resilience and Sustainability of Family Planning Services in the Central African Republic

Head of the External Aid Coordination Service and Partnership Focal Point at the Ministry of Health
Central African Republic
Analysis of the Mechanisms and Strategies for Financing Community Health Programs in the Central African Republic.