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.

Freely available

Course series requires no prerequisites & no payment

Self-paced & Engaging

Learn at your own pace through videos, case studies, quizzes & more

Earn Certificates

Get a certificate on completing each course & the full series

7 courses in less than 7 weeks

Spend only 3 hours per course per week

Health Systems and Financing Accelerator (HSFA) Fellowship Program

Health Systems and Financing Accelerator (HSFA) 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

Beron Nsonga

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.