Country Voices

“The greatest asset of a company is its people.”- Jorge Paulo Lemann (Co-founder, Banco Garantia) With the incoming of new county leadership and building on the existing goodwill of the former government to strengthen an integrated community health service, the County government of Nairobi has huge commitments and strides towards a community health service that is functional … [Read more...] about A year like no other for Nairobi City County Community Health Workforce

Nairobi, Feb. 14, 2023 – The Africa Frontline First initiative and partners urgently call on the leaders attending the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly to prioritize discussions on financing a strong community health workforce on the official agenda. The African Union has a critical role to play in achieving universal health coverage and supporting pandemic … [Read more...] about Organizations urge African Union Summit to put the community health workforce on the agenda

Health insurance remains one of the critical pathways toward achieving universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, Laikipia County has achieved significant success with health insurance through National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) enrolment. Through the universal health coverage (UHC) program, the county tremendously increased the NHIF enrolment from 52% in … [Read more...] about Experiences of Community Health Assistants (CHA) with the implementation of the National Health Insurance Fund in Laikipia county

January 31st, 2023, The Financing Alliance for Health announced its 2023 -2027 strategic plan towards strengthening and sustaining its impact on developing community health systems by leveraging the global and country focus on primary healthcare systems.  Since its launch in 2016 and full-time operations in 2017, FAH has consistently and exclusively focused on systems … [Read more...] about FAH launches 2023-2027 strategic plan: ensuring sustainable financing for primary healthcare

Over the past 5+ years, the Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) has been cognizant of the fact that financing is a key lever in driving greater integration of health services. We have worked with various partners who have enabled us to strengthen health services for 17 governments in the African continent by scaling and integrating financing for community health, primary health … [Read more...] about 2022 in Review: Building a Pan-African Start-up that strengthens community health systems