Toolkits and Publications
At Financing Alliance for Health (FAH), Knowledge and Advocacy are key pillars that support our mission to strengthen health financing for community health systems globally. This work involves generating and sharing critical insights and advocating for sustainable financing solutions to improve health outcomes.
The Community Health Financing (CHF) Assessment Tool
This self-assessment toolkit helps policymakers, funders, and implementers to assess their current financing landscape, explore innovative funding mechanisms, and develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen community health systems.
The CHF Assessment Toolkit has 3 main components
Context Assessment
Evaluates program alignment, coverage, governance, and gender considerations
Revenue Raising Analysis
Examines current funding streams, gaps, and barriers
Innovative Financing Analysis
Explores new funding mechanisms and partnerships
Key Features
- Automated recommendations based on user inputs to guide strategy development
- Gender-responsive approach to ensure equitable and inclusive financing
- Action planning framework to translate insights into concrete next steps
- Customizable to both small-scale and national community health worker programs
Toolkit Testimonials
Publications and Case Studies
The Financing Alliance for Health produces
- Publications to provide evidence-based insights such as funding gaps, innovative financing mechanisms among others that inform policy and guiding investments to develop effective health systems.
- Case studies share practical insights and successful strategies from various countries, helping stakeholders learn from real-world experiences to improve community health financing and program implementation.
Strengthening Primary HealthCare through Community Health Workers: Investment Case and Financing recommendations:
2020 Country Case Study: Kenya
Country Case Study: Ghana
2019 Country Case Study: Rwanda
2019 Country Case Study: Burkina Faso
2019 Country Case Study: South Africa
2019 Country Case Study: Peru
2018 Country Case Study: Ethiopia
