Our global health system will change significantly. This is inevitable. But what the future system will look like is still uncertain. That’s why from August to November 2025, Wellcome supported regional partners to lead five dialogues. [1/5]

Addressing power imbalances must be at the centre of paradigm shifts in country assistance by GHIs: interesting reflections from Pakistan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

If you could reimagine the global health system, what would it look like? @wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health. Read the outcomes here: wellcome.org/reports/bold...

As the SGD 3 GAP sunsets, important reflections for all of us looking to build a more coordinated, collaborative and effective global health ecosystem iris.who.int/handle/10665...

@cgdev.org suggest 3 priority actions for concessional funds: Action 1: Commit to a moratorium on the creation of new funds Action 2: Launch a review of the funds’ financial models Action 3: Call for a fund-by-fund rethink of grant allocation models www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...

And as set out here, we need to see other global health organisations embrace reforms as well www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Really encouraging to see this from @gavi.org - better aligning ODA with recipient country priorities is critical www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

Wellcome is looking for 5 organisations to lead inclusive regional dialogues on the future of the global health architecture in i) Latin America & Caribbean ii) Africa iii) Asia & Pacific iv) Europe & N. America v) Middle East & Central Asia. Submission deadline 13 July. More here: lnkd.in/ePcKjsmq

'Gavi Leap' sees @gavi.org moving to one grant window for the Gavi 6.0 strategic cycle, which means that countries will only need to apply for funding once www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New @cgdev.org blog. @jmadankeller.bsky.social & I ask: can donors and the AU tie the replenishments of @GlobalFund and @gavi to real reform, in line with Lusaka Agenda? Empowering countries & building sustainable health systems that can withstand aid volatility? www.cgdev.org/blog/gavi-an...

Charting a Pathway for Sustainable Financing of Africa’s Resilience — Statement from Nairobi convening sets out key asks for reimagining sustainable models for human development and health systems across Africa www.ranafrica.org/news/chartin...

"The new era of global health must be rapidly constructed without seeking merely to restore what was." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

"When the same actors who have long benefitted from imbalance lead the calls for equity without changing the underlying incentives, the result is stasis in the name of progress". www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

An Advocate’s Dilemma: Defending Official Development Assistance or Reducing Aid Dependency? Guest Essay by @katribertram.bsky.social Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #259 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/an-advocat...

"Self-sufficiency must be the aim. African governments must insist on partnerships on their own terms, and, along with civil society in Africa, must control what gets funded and reject processes that undermine the whole system." www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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

At #AHAIC2025, hearing references to the #LusakaAgenda, and wondering what it is? Find it here: futureofghis.org/final-output...

"This particular moment...provides a window to refocus all existing donor funding for health on core government priorities and to put in place protections to mitigate against the impact of aid volatility" www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi...

Attending the #AHAIC2025 conference in Kigali next week,? Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC. You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets

Really interesting insights from Malawi on the impact of the US aid freeze on the country's health sector: to understand impact we need to understand how much funding aligned with country priorities batumeyo.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-p...

Interesting analysis of GHI alignment issues in relation to Nigeria's health agenda journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/JB... #LusakaAgenda

Examining aid fragmentation and collaboration opportunities in Cambodia’s health sector: study "unveils a tendency among donor countries for launching numerous, highly specialized projects, diverging from a collective, strategic health intervention" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interesting reflections from @cgdev.org and @who.int colleagues on what alignment with PFM systems actually means for health financing www.cgdev.org/blog/money-t... #LusakaAgenda

Africans are least represented in global health organizations, boards, conferences, and publications Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role www.nature.com/articles/d44...

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. futureofghis.org/final-output... A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)