The Joint Learning Agenda
The Joint Learning Agenda is a programme where civil society, with the leadership of two regional organisations, WACI Health and Impact Santé Afrique (ISA), has come together with a consortium of global health initiatives (GHIs): the Global Financing Facility, the Global Fund, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gavi and UHC 2030. Together they develop, deliver and support capacity strengthening on UHC budget advocacy and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa.
The program promotes a multi-stakeholder collaboration that, through constructive mechanisms, will hold governments and donors to account for the allocation and equitable use of funding for health.
Civil Society organisations (CSOs) are playing a critical role in building a strong-equity focused and people-led movement for UHC.
Multiple strategies, guidelines, and other documents exist that emphasize the need for CSOs greater role in advocacy for accessible and quality health care, including through the active participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in multi-stakeholder platforms.
With the challenge of Sub-Saharan African countries to meet the Abuja Declaration commitments (government expenditure on health should be equivalent to at least 5% of GDP and 15% of total government expenditure), the need for addressing resource mobilisation, and especially domestic resource mobilisation, is essential to achieve universal health coverage (UHC).
Civil Society organisations (CSOs) are playing a critical role in building a strong-equity focused and people-led movement for UHC.The Joint Learning Agenda
Our Pillars
- The programme aims to develop a cadre of trainers who can build capacity through delivering training on health financing, UHC and budget advocacy to country level actors from civil society, media organisations and from among elected representatives and that can provide in-country support to budget advocacy and accountability activities undertaken by CSO actors as well as mentorship.
- The goal is to promote a multi-stakeholder collaboration that, through constructive mechanisms, will hold governments and donors to account for the allocation and equitable use of funding for health.
- The training empowers local champions and stakeholders through being developed by civil society for civil society.
Reports, briefs and statements
JLA
Wemos – Financing for Health (May, 2018)
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Wemos – Paying for Universal Health Coverage (April, 2018)
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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State of Health Financing in the African Region
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Impact of Covid-19 on Domestic Health and HIV Financing in EAC
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Harvard – This is PFM (Public Financial Management)
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Fiscal Space for Health and Four Ways to Increase It (April, 2019)
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Public Finance Targets for UHC (December, 2018)
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.
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Prospects for Public Spending on Health (October, 2020) in Africa
A JLA publication from the WACI Health knowledge library, published in March 2024.