African Constituency Bureau

The global health financing landscape is shifting. 🌍🩺 For Africa, "transition" is an opportunity to lead, but it must be a strategic partnership, not just a reduction in support. Read: africanconstituency.org/transition-in-… #GlobalHealth #AfricaHealth #HealthFinancing

Health is a human rights and social justice issue. In Uganda, @OwomugishaImmac is breaking legal and social barriers that block people living with HIV from care. Read her story and learn why community voices matter in global health decisions: unitaid.org/news-blog/brea…

In Mali, Mariata brings health care to women who cannot reach a health facility. Visiting homes, she delivers treatment, monitors patients’ viral load & provides antenatal care. By extending services beyond health centers, she ensures women get the care they need. @sidaction stories.theglobalfund.org/2ca2b4c8dbf021…

Africa produces less than 5% of the diagnostics and just 1% of the vaccines it uses — a dependency that weakens emergency response, increases costs, and puts lives at risk. In our latest Correspondence in @TheLancet, co-authored with my colleagues at @AfricaCDC, we highlight the urgent need to strengthen local production across the continent. Through initiatives like the Africa Collaborative Initiative to Advance Diagnostics (AFCAD), we are demonstrating how strategic investment, regulatory harmonisation, and pooled procurement can strengthen local production and build a more resilient, self-sufficient health system. 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/izCS50YB0g9

ACB appoints Dr. Henry Fomundam as Executive Director. A seasoned global health leader with 30+ years of experience, he will help drive stronger African voice and impact within @GlobalFund and beyond. 📄📄 Full announcement attached. #AfricaLeads #GlobalHealth #Leadership

🚀 YES, we can end TB! Progress is happening across Africa, but the fight is far from over. #WorldTBDay 👇 Explore the snapshot below:

On #WorldTBDay, Africa’s leadership in tackling TB & TB-HIV is clear, but so are the gaps. ACB is committed to ensuring @GlobalFund TB grants respond to real country needs, grounded in equity and impact. #EndTB 📄 Read more:

Investing in the fight against TB reinforces global health security by strengthening disease surveillance systems and laboratory networks – which are key to protecting against future health threats and antimicrobial resistance. #WorldTBDay

On #WorldTBDay, we endorse a statement from the Global Coalition of TB Advocates 🤝 calling on governments & partners to fund meaningful community leadership, invest in regional manufacturing, & sustain financial commitments to #EndTB. 🔗: linkedin.com/posts/global-c…

DAY 3 #countdown to #WorldTBDay. TB is curable. Take your treatment as prescribed and finish it to protect yourself and others. #WorldTBDay #EndTB

New tools are improving outcomes for people with drug-resistant TB. Between 2023 and 2024, access to the 6-month treatment for people with drug resistant TB increased from almost zero to around 40% — the fastest progress of any @WHO region. Innovation must now reach more people.

Government officials, health experts & development partners gathered in #Abuja recently for the unveiling of Malaria Consortium #Nigeria’s 2025–2028 Strategy — a roadmap designed to accelerate the country’s shift from #malaria control to #MalariaElimination. #GlobalHealth

Encouraging progress in #Uganda as Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (#SMC) helps reduce #malaria-related child mortality and morbidity.

Au RAME, chaque semaine est une nouvelle occasion d’agir pour un accès équitable aux services de santé et pour le respect des droits des usagers. À travers le plaidoyer, le suivi communautaire et la production d’évidences, nous contribuons à faire évoluer les politiques publiques

HIV thrives where gender inequality persists. This #IWD2026, we join @UN_Women in calling for rights, justice, and action #ForAllWomenAndGirls, including women & girls living with and affected by HIV. 🔗UNAIDS statement unaids.org/en/resources/p…

Unitaid & @USPGlobalHealth are supporting South Africa’s effort to identify a manufacturer to produce quality-assured lenacapavir. Expanding production in sub-Saharan Africa can diversify supply & bring innovation closer to communities that need it most: unitaid.org/news-blog/sout…

Dr. Sow leads maternal and neonatal health education sessions for women at the Sénou international displacement camp in Mali – from antenatal care to breastfeeding, malaria prevention & HIV treatment – she helps keep families healthy. On International #WomensDay, we honor women driving health care forward, like Dr. Sow. #IWD2026 stories.theglobalfund.org/2ca2b4c8dbf021…

Civil society thanks the African countries that announced pledges to @GlobalFund's 8th replenishment cycle! These commitments demonstrate a concrete desire to strengthen the partnership to end HIV, tb & malaria. 📢Follow @GFAN_Africa for more news on health financing in Africa.

🚨 Article Alert! @GlobalFund is shifting strategy, and Africa’s fight against #HIV, #TB & #malaria is entering a new phase. From expansion → sustainability, integration, and country ownership, the next chapter is here. 🌍 📖Read more here: africanconstituency.org/navigating-cha…