About The Partnership
We are a consortium of global health initiatives (GHIs) —The Global
Financing Facility, The Global Fund, The Partnership for Maternal,
Newborn & Child Health, Gavi, UHC 2030— who have come together with
regional partners Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) and WACI Health to develop
and deliver a training and support programme on UHC Budget Advocacy
and Accountability in Sub-Sahara Africa. This unique partnership leverages
collaboration between the different GHIs’ agendas, such as the GAP, UHC
agenda and COVID-19 response, and provides a coordinated, aligned and
long-term support to Civil Society engagement in these agendas.
ABOUT THE GFF
Investing in women, children and adolescents is one of the most
impactful actions a country can make. It improves population health,
empowers women to be agents of change in their communities, and
puts countries on a path towards development and prosperity.
The Global Financing Facility (GFF) is a country-led partnership,
hosted at the World Bank , that fights poverty and inequity by
advancing the health and rights of women, children and adolescents.
It does this by supporting countries to strengthen health systems and
improve access to care through prioritized plans, aligned public and
private financing, and policy reform.
With country-led strategies setting the way for women’s,
children’s, and adolescent health, the GFF supports countries to mobilize more resources for health and make spending efficient and equitable. As part of its comprehensive support to health systems, the GFF helps countries identify and implement the health financing reforms needed to support priorities by: Leveraging World Bank financing
Providing analytical tools on how the health sector is financed
Strengthening public sector governance and financial
management Increasing advocacy efforts for more and better resources for
health
As part of the Global Action Plan ,the GFF works with partners
under the GAP Health Financing Accelerator  to promote financing
reforms toward universal health coverage. The Joint Learning Agenda is putting this health Financing
Accelerator in practice.
CSOs AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Civil society organizations (CSOs) and youth are central to the GFF’s
work to promote equity and ensure the voices and needs of the
women, children and adolescents are positioned at the heart of the
country-led process to strengthen health systems. Twenty-nine out of
36 GFF partner countries have CSO and youth representation in their
country platforms. At the global level, CSO representation is part of
the GFF Investors Group helping to shape the GFF’s strategic
direction and strengthen its impact.
Since its inception in 2015, the GFF has provided grants and technical
assistance to strengthen CSO and youth engagement in country
platforms.
Find out more on the GFFs engagement with CSOs and Youth and its approach to improve health financing at; www.globalfinancingfacility.org
