Country Financing
Technical and practical resources to help community health program planners navigate the complex financing landscape and build well resourced health systems.
Community Health Financing (CHF) Assessment Toolkit
An evidence-based self-assessment tool to aid stakeholders in developing innovative & equitable financing strategies for community health.
Overview
The Community Health Financing (CHF) Assessment Toolkit helps policymakers, funders, and implementers identify sustainable financing pathways for community health programs. This comprehensive toolkit allows users to assess their current financing landscape, explore innovative funding mechanisms, and develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen community health systems.
Guided by global best practices in health financing, the CHF Assessment Toolkit provides a structured framework to evaluate:
- Alignment with local health needs and integration with broader health systems
- Revenue raising aspects including funding sufficiency and diversification
- Innovative financing opportunities tailored to the local context
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
By leveraging this toolkit, stakeholders can develop innovative, contextually relevant financing strategies to build robust and sustainable community health systems – a critical step towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC).
Request access to the CHF Assessment Toolkit or contact the Financing Alliance for Health team directly.
For all queries related to the toolkit, reach out to Partnerships@financingalliance.org
Need for innovative ways to invest more and better in Primary Healthcare (PHC)
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are vital for primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), providing essential services in remote areas. However, ensuring sustainable funding for CHWs remains a major challenge. The Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) collaborates with governments, donors, and private sectors to overcome these financial barriers.
Financing Alliance for Health hosted a webinar titled “Innovative Strategies to Sustainably Finance Primary Healthcare,” featuring expert insights from:
- Dr. Solomon Matiko Riro, Associate Director of Health Financing at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI);
- Dr. Elizabeth Wangia, Director of Health Financing at Kenya’s Ministry of Health; and
- Dr. Nji Valery Che, Health Financing Technical Advisor at the Financing Alliance for Health.
These experts shared their knowledge on innovative financing mechanisms and their potential to support CHWs and primary healthcare systems in SSA.
The webinar provided valuable insights into overcoming health financing challenges in SSA.
To learn more about these innovative strategies and their potential impact, listen to the full recorded webinar here.
Strengthening Primary Health Care through CHWs: The Investment Case
This report, from 2015, presents the recommendations from a distinguished group of global health and government leaders making the case for investment in CHWs as a component of primary health care and options for financing.
–> Learn more and download this report.
Financing Compendium
The Financing Compendium is a one-stop shop for community health practitioners on financing options illustrating different financing instruments and approaches that might be applicable for a country.
–> Learn more and download this resource.
Africa Frontline First
Africa Frontline First is a collaborative initiative that supports the scaling and strengthening of integrated and sustainable community health delivery in Africa. The initiative is founded on the belief that a robust community health infrastructure is essential to the delivery of effective, efficient, and equitable care.
Through a unique partnership between governments, political champions, donors, and experts, Africa Frontline First will catalyze increased investments to fund resilient, integrated, country-led community health programs. Our work extends across three pillars: Financing, Political Championship, and Country Leadership.