African governments must take greater ownership of their health systems and turn conference pledges into concrete action on financing and primary healthcare, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for Africa has said. Professor Mohamed Janabi told delegates that governments should lead health-sector development while partners align behind national priorities. He was speaking in Arusha at the International Conference on Primary…
Tag: Health Financing
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African Health System Resilience Drives Government-Led Reform
The shrinking of international donor funding is causing significant changes in African healthcare. Nigeria and Mozambique demonstrate that it is possible to safeguard healthcare provision when external financing decreases. They do this through greater government involvement, integrated services, and more effective use of existing resources. For many years, numerous health programmes depended on donor-funded projects focused on specific diseases. Such…
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NHI Financial Architecture Shapes Medtech Investment
South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) project is being treated as a political fight. Yet, for many healthcare operators and investors, it looks like something else. It looks like a financing build that was announced before the balance sheet was finalised. The Constitutional Court is scheduled to hear major challenges to the NHI Act from 5 to 7 May 2026.…
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NHI Act Implementation Paused but Political Signals Stay Mixed
A growing chorus of clinicians and analysts warns that the government is advancing South Africa’s National Health Insurance plan in a form that fails to address the country’s deepest health system issues. Joburg paediatrician Simon Strachan says doctors feel “frustrated and desperate” because the state has sidelined their practical input, despite its central role in any workable reform. Uncertainty surged…
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Malaria Financing In Africa: Strategies and Solutions
As African leaders met in Addis Ababa for the 39th AU Summit, malaria was back in the spotlight. Malaria Financing In Africa is now more urgent as new data indicate that the disease is increasing again after years of progress. That reversal is colliding with shrinking donor support and harsher climate conditions. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 610,000…