Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC)

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Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC)

Building momentum for strategic purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa and expanding the growing critical mass of expertise and experience on the continent.

Building momentum for strategic purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa and expanding the growing critical mass of expertise and experience on the continent.

Building momentum for strategic purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa and expanding the growing critical mass of expertise and experience on the continent.

Building momentum for strategic purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa and expanding the growing critical mass of expertise and experience on the continent.

Building momentum for strategic purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa and expanding the growing critical mass of expertise and experience on the continent.

Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC) is a new initiative to strengthen strategic purchasing expertise in sub-Saharan Africa and move countries closer to universal health coverage, launched by Results for Development (R4D) in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Housed within Amref Health Africa, SPARC will match country demand with needed technical expertise by brokering tailored packages of strategic purchasing support.

Updates

Blog

Addressing Fragmentation in Health Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa – Are Solutions Possible?

Blog

The Coaching Approach for Health Financing Reforms: Insights from Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Burkina Faso

Blog

Lessons from Tanzania’s Direct Health Facility Financing: A Blueprint for Malawi

Blog

How can Public Purchasers Contract Private Providers Successfully? Lessons from Kenya and Ghana

Cross Learning Sessions

Private Provider Contracting Cross-Learning Session Key Messages

Policy Briefs

Tanzania’s Universal Health Insurance Act 2023: Implications on Health Financing

Governance and Accountability

FACILITY AUTONOMY IN THE AGE OF DEVOLUTION: COUNTY-LEVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING HEALTH FACILITY REVENUE IN KENYA

General Health Financing

“L’Approche du Coaching” – Les Apprentissages de SPARC au Burkina Faso à travers l’utilisation d’une approche alternative d’assistance technique au renforcement du système de santé

General Health Financing

“The Coaching Approach” – SPARC’s lessons from Burkina Faso using an alternative approach for Health Systems Strengthening

Contracting and Provider Payment Systems

Private Provider Contracting Cross-Learning Session (Ghana & Ethiopia)

Tanzania’s Universal Health Insurance Act 2023: Implications on Health Financing

FACILITY AUTONOMY IN THE AGE OF DEVOLUTION: COUNTY-LEVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING HEALTH FACILITY REVENUE IN KENYA

“L’Approche du Coaching” – Les Apprentissages de SPARC au Burkina Faso à travers l’utilisation d’une approche alternative d’assistance technique au renforcement du système de santé

Addressing Fragmentation in Health Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa – Are Solutions Possible?

The Coaching Approach for Health Financing Reforms: Insights from Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Burkina Faso

Group photo of the DFF training between Malawai and Tanzania in Dar es Salaam.

Lessons from Tanzania’s Direct Health Facility Financing: A Blueprint for Malawi

Mission Statement

SPARC will become a demand-driven, self-sustaining platform that countries implementing strategic purchasing can go to as a first stop to get connected to the right resources and experts.

The four-year Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative aims to support countries in sub-Saharan Africa to overcome technical, institutional, and political economy obstacles to implementing effective strategic purchasing.

Updates

Tanzania’s Universal Health Insurance Act 2023: Implications on Health Financing

FACILITY AUTONOMY IN THE AGE OF DEVOLUTION: COUNTY-LEVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING HEALTH FACILITY REVENUE IN KENYA

“L’Approche du Coaching” – Les Apprentissages de SPARC au Burkina Faso à travers l’utilisation d’une approche alternative d’assistance technique au renforcement du système de santé

Addressing Fragmentation in Health Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa – Are Solutions Possible?

The Coaching Approach for Health Financing Reforms: Insights from Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Burkina Faso

Lessons from Tanzania’s Direct Health Facility Financing: A Blueprint for Malawi

Mission Statement

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