12/12/2025
This , we reflect on the work driving countries closer to universal access to care.
Day comes with renewed calls for governments to match commitments with financing and increase domestic investment in health.
In a Devex Op-ed, MSHโs Dr. Justice Nonvignon, Technical Director for Health Economics and Financing and Dr. William Nii Ayitey Menson, The ONE Campaign, Director of Health Financing for Africa, argue that while declarations, compacts, and commitments toward increased domestic health financing are crucial, action in delivering on them is what truly impacts the lives of African populations. As they put it, โ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐.โ
The authors note that on a continent with severely underfunded health systems, promises will remain on paper without the critical step of allocating more resources for health. Reflecting on this yearโs Day theme, โUnaffordable health costs? We are sick of it,โ they write that millions of Africans are looking for action, not more commitments.
They call for innovations in digital payments, mobile wallets, and financial technology, as well as tapping into opportunities from diaspora remittances, which mobilized over $90 billion in 2023 for a continent that receives less than this amount in aid.
Menson and Nonvignon conclude by writing, โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.โ
Read the full piece โก๏ธ : https://msh.org/media-coverage/
