Clare Battle
@Clare__B
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Policy analyst, geography geek, Londoner. Tweets on global health, system strengthening & development effectiveness. Opinions my own, RTs not endorsements.
Joined May 2012
Implementing the Lusaka Agenda: Accelerating Country-led Trajectories Towards UHC At #AHAIC2025, the side event reaffirmed a core truth: The #LusakaAgenda is Africa’s opportunity to drive stronger health systems and #UHC through country leadership, alignment, and accountability.
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“Health stakeholders need to speak more with stakeholders in the financial systems” highlights @MagdaNRobalo while underlining theurgency of reforms across the global health architecture in powerful plenary at #AHAIC2025 chaired by @DrMercyHealth.
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Gerald Manthulu, MoH Malawi: DAH is currently driven by top down priority setting, rather than responding to country needs. This is what the Lusaka Agenda seeks to shift #AHAIC2025
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And don't forget to join us later for a more in-depth discussion of how countries are implementing the #LusakaAgenda to improve the effectiveness of DAH and accelerate progress towards #UHC
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At #AHAIC2025, hearing references to the #LusakaAgenda, and wondering what it is? Find it here:
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At #AHAIC, an informal breakfast meeting was held to reflect on national, regional, and global initiatives to advance the Lusaka Agenda. We brainstormed ways to ensure these efforts are connected and not operating in silos. A key takeaway: the time is now to prioritize concrete
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Interesting reflections from @CGDev and @WHO colleagues on what alignment with PFM systems actually means for health financing https://t.co/m42UiOU9Og
#LusakaAgenda
cgdev.org
Just over a year ago, the Future of Global Health Initiatives process concluded with the publication of the Lusaka Agenda, which recognized that the current global health financing architecture needs...
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Engagement with civil society has continued to deepen, leading to the development of #CSO priorities for making the Lusaka Agenda successful. Read here: https://t.co/IBfjSOlKgI (8/8)
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Global momentum: The #LusakaAgenda has been recognised in @G7’s Apulia communique and @WHO’s GPW14, and featured strongly in strategic discussions at this year’s WHA. @UHC2030 are exploring their role in supporting future coordination and advocacy around the #LusakaAgenda (6/8)
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You can find the Roadmap here: https://t.co/BbfUGFcP7O And details on the Continental Secretariat here: https://t.co/dsb24VhG4F (5/8)
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Johannesburg, South Africa | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 December – The launch of the Continental Secretariat of the Lusaka Agenda, hosted by Africa CDC, marks a critical step in transforming healthcare...
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Regional momentum: African HoS agreed to develop a #LusakaAgenda accountability mechanism, supported by a Continental Secretariat. Regional consultations have also led to a Roadmap for implementation of the Lusaka Agenda in Africa (4/8) @AfricanUnion @AfricaCDC @WHOAFRO @acb4gf
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Country implementation: Champion countries are working to drive forward implementation of the Lusaka Agenda at country level, led by Ministries of Health (3/8)
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Joint work and oversight at GHIs: Boards of the @GlobalFund, @Gavi, @theGFF have set up a Joint Committee Working Group to work towards increased operational coherence, efficiency of and impact in countries. (2/8)
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Today’s #UHC day marks 1st anniversary of the launch of the #LusakaAgenda, which outlined 5 key shifts to shape the evolution of GHIs and the broader global health financing ecosystem. https://t.co/Fd6nqipIVo A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)
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Day 1 , session 1 at #HSR2024 and the opening speaker asks: "is there anyone who doesn’t know the #LusakaAgenda?" Silence in our session - but for those that do want to know more:
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Despite attempts by the WHO and United Nations to redirect attention to HSS as the path to achieving UHC, the US continues to largely support disease-specific interventions and overlook the importance of HSS, including surgical capacity building.
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Historically, the US has played a key role in providing financial and technical assistance to support health initiatives and programmes around the world. As the largest contributor to development...
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Useful new resource from @CGDev - data visualisations setting out the numbers behind the 2024–2025 replenishment traffic jam https://t.co/JjQRvyBatE
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Interesting to see breakdown of Board composition by % of investments (donors) and disease burden (implementers) in recent audit of the effectiveness of @GlobalFund model in delivering their new strategy.
"Faced with many competing priorities and limited replenishment resources, the Global Fund – a gap-filling organization – relies on domestic resource mobilization to strengthen country systems, contribute to treatment financing either by funding drugs or include HTM treatment in
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Great to see @CyrilRamaphosa highlight #LusakaAgenda at the Global Leaders Network Event on Maternal and Child Health
"The Lusaka Agenda, which enhances coordination and accountability in the health financing architecture, can be used to track investments." @UHC2030 @CanadaDev @FCDOGH @noradno @jarottingen
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