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Sierra Leone’s life-stage approach to health care, from pregnancy through to older age, puts people at the centre. Today ECA discussed with Minister @DembyAustin and @moh_sl how health financing can back it.
#HealthFinancing #SierraLeone
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1/4 At the end of the Inter-regional Social Protection Workshop on “Strengthening inclusive, sustainable & shock-responsive social protection systems” that took place from 7–9 Oct 2026 at the UN Conference Centre, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, participants echoed the same sentiment:
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Finance ministries are central to sustainable health financing. Thank you to Deputy Minister of Finance Isata Marah and the team at @mof_sl for hosting ECA’s delegation. #InvestInHealth #SierraLeone
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Courtesy call today with @sesayalpha, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Trade and Industry. We talked about health as an investment in people and in the economy, and how trade and regional cooperation can support it. Thanks to @UNSierraLeone for all the support.
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With @UNSierraLeone, ECA's health financing delegation was received by Vice President @VP_Jalloh. His message: build resilience infrastructure that puts health at the forefront, alongside energy and food security. A strong vision, and one we are glad to support.
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Good decisions need good evidence. Today ECA’s health financing delegation met with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development @moped2025 to talk about how better data and analysis can support Sierra Leone’s health and development goals.
#SierraLeone #HealthFinancing
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Today ECA’s health financing delegation met with Minister Salima Bah @MoCTI_SL to discuss how digital tools can support health financing reform in Sierra Leone. Strong digital foundations help health systems work for everyone.
#DigitalHealth #HealthFinancing #SierraLeone
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“The Tangier Declaration set out a shared ambition for Africa to finance its own health priorities sustainably. This engagement is about turning that ambition into practical work with Sierra Leone.” – @abudiaw Aboubakri Diaw, Chief of Staff.
#InvestInHealthAfrica
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A five-day engagement with Sierra Leone has kicked off in Freetown to support sustainable health financing and national health reforms. It is one of the first practical steps underway in delivering on the #COM2026 Tangier Declaration.
#InvestInHealthAfrica #UHC
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Productive meeting with the Bank of Sierra Leone’s @Dr_JoeTucker and his team on the economic foundations for sustainable health financing. Macroeconomic stability and health outcomes go hand in hand.
#HealthFinancing #SierraLeone
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Africa’s greatest wealth is its people and its greatest strength is the leadership that unlocks their potential.
At #UNGA81, our CEO, H.E. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, presented the Global Health Excellence Awards to Dr. @MichelSidibe, Prof. @DrSenait and Dr. @DrTedros, recognising their exceptional contributions to Africa’s health transformation and global health.
Their work reflects what health sovereignty requires: advancing equity, strengthening institutions and ensuring Africa’s voice is heard in global health governance.
As Africa builds a healthier and more self-reliant future, their leadership offers an enduring reminder:
Transformation begins by investing in people, building strong African institutions and shaping Africa’s own health destiny.
@NEPAD_Agency @AfricaCDC @WHO @DrTedros @_AfricanUnion @AU_AMA_ @USChamber @USCCFoundation @CorpCnclAfrica @gatesfoundation @CIFFchild @bmz_Bund @afreximbank @globalfund @theendfund @UNITAID @WorldBankGroup @IFC_org @IFCAfrica @AccraReset @Georgetown @georgetownsfs @AfricanUnionUN @AfCFTA @Dr_JeanKaseya
#GlobalHealthExcellenceAwards #AUDANEPAD #WHO #AMA #AfricaCDC #AfricanLeadership #HealthSovereignty #UNGA81
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From Health Costs to Health Capital
At the #UNGA81 High-Level Strategy Circle, “From Cost to Capital: Financing Africa’s Health Sovereignty,” our CEO, H.E. @nardosbthomas, called for a fundamental shift in how Africa approaches health financing.
The question is no longer only how to close financing gaps.
It is how to build the systems through which Africa can finance, produce and deliver health while creating investment opportunities, driving industrialisation, generating jobs and strengthening sovereignty.
Africa has the demand.
Africa has the talent.
Africa has the market.
Through #PIFAH and complementary continental initiatives, we’re working to connect public financing, private capital, innovation and industrial capability to build resilient health systems and competitive African health industries.
The imperative is clear:
Move from financing health as a cost to investing in health as capital.
@NEPAD_Agency @AfricaCDC @WHO @DrTedros @_AfricanUnion @AU_AMA_ @USChamber @USCCFoundation @CorpCnclAfrica @gatesfoundation @CIFFchild @bmz_Bund @afreximbank @globalfund @theendfund @UNITAID @WorldBankGroup @IFC_org @IFCAfrica @AccraReset @Georgetown @georgetownsfs @AfricanUnionUN @AfCFTA @Dr_JeanKaseya
#HealthSovereignty #HealthIndustrialisation #InvestInAfrica #AUDA_NEPAD #UNGA81
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2/3 And the room reflected the significance of the agenda.
We were deeply honoured by the presence of three distinguished First Ladies:
🇦🇴 H.E. Dr. Ana Dias Lourenço, First Lady of Angola
🇸🇱 H.E. Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, @FirstLadyBio, First Lady of Sierra Leone
🇬🇲 H.E. Madam Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, @FirstLady_GMB, First Lady of The Gambia
Alongside them were Ministers, diplomats, cultural leaders, creatives, academia, diaspora voices, development institutions and private-sector partners.
With participation exceeding the capacity of the room, the energy was unmistakable and new connections were made, ideas crossed sectors and conversations were sparked that can grow into meaningful collaborations well beyond #UNGA81.
This is how momentum becomes movement.
@OAFLAD @Ladyfatimabio @GhanaPresidency @GhanaMFA @motac_gh @Presidency_GMB @AfricanUnionUN @_AfricanUnion @AU_ECOSOCC @UNESCO @UNWTO @afreximbank @AfDB_Group @BritishCouncil @ssaBritish @PBebia @Leaders_Icons @nardosbthomas @SymerreGrey @Nyiko_Chulu @EU_Partnerships @EU_Commission @Enabel_Belgium @ilo @AFD_en @ecowas_cedeao @OECDdev @giz_gmbh @KfW @AECID_es @WomenforWomen @gatesfoundation @MastercardFdn @RockefellerFdn @UNFPA @UNDP @AICS_it @jica_direct_en @CIDCAofficial @UNIDO @UNAIDS @Sida @SIFA_FC @achpr_cadhp @kudadandaz
#CreativeEconomy #AfricanHeritage #CulturalRestitution
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Health isn't only social policy. It's economic policy. @ProfOsinbajo says jobs are what Africans want most and health comes next. Health must be "placed inside the economic machinery of government."
#UNGA2026
See page 6: heyzine.com/flip-book/00e431…
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Deeply moved and honoured to receive the “Honouring a Legacy of African Health Leadership” award from @NEPAD_Agency.
I feel immense gratitude to the communities that shaped me, the colleagues who walked beside me, and the leaders who guided and inspired me throughout this journey. This honour belongs to all of you.
Let us now unite to build an #Africa that acts with courage, owns its health solutions and leaves no one behind—because the Africa we envision begins with the actions we take today. @nardosbthomas @NEPAD_Agency @amma_twumamoah @DrTedros @AbdoulayeDiop8 @rdussey @mimi_darko
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A proud African moment at the Global Health Strategies #UNGA Reception.
It was a privilege to celebrate Dr Delese Mimi Darko, Director-General of the African Medicines Agency. Her leadership is essential to building a strong, trusted and fully operational AMA—an institution at the heart of Africa’s health sovereignty.
Warm congratulations also to my brother Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on receiving the Special Award for Health Equity. A well-deserved recognition of his lifelong commitment to ensuring that health reaches everyone, everywhere.
@DrTedros @mimi_darko @GHS
@amma_twumamoah
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Accra Reset
Great exchanges with #Indonesia Minister of Health H.E. Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development at the #AU H.E. Amma Twum-Amoah, AMA Special Envoy Michel Sidibé & #IFC Regional Vice President for Africa Ethiopis Tafara.
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Under the visionary leadership of President Mahama, one year on, #AccraReset moves to action: 5 political shifts, 10 concrete steps—one national health plan and budget, domestic financing, pooled regional procurement, and local manufacturing.
The test is no longer ambition. It is delivery.
Proud to be part of this great journey as Special Advisor to President @JDMahama
@KMAkandoh @S_OkudzetoAblak. @DrTedros
@AminaJMohammed @Elhadj_As_Sy
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DG @mimi_darko, our ambition is clear: universal ratification of the AMA Treaty across Africa. Nothing less. Our people deserve it. 🌍💊
