Month: February 2021

There is something about a new year – an opportunity to leverage and build on the successes of the past year or wipe the slate clean and start afresh. The year 2021 is no different and kicks off with COVID-19 vaccines already being administered and promises of new ones. And so we have a vision […]

It’s a Wrap! What a year it’s been! Although the pandemic is not totally over, the year 2020 will go down in the books as the pandemic year. SPARC’s approach to supporting countries during the pandemic period focused mainly on gleaning lessons learned from countries, providing a platform for experience sharing and packaging knowledge products […]

‘The eagle has landed!’ With these words, Neil Armstrong announced one of the momentous events in history as he touched down on the surface of the moon. History was made, and life would never again be the same. This month, an event or perhaps, we should speak to a series of events, equally as momentous […]

‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together’ – African adage And that’s how our year 3 kicked off – with partners (old and new). We started with a virtual work planning session to review our program pillars, understand what went well in Year 2 and what […]

An End and a New Beginning… A year ago, around this time, we started our Year 2. This was effectively going to be our main implementation year because we had spent the better part of Year 1 picking out our institutional home and setting up shop there. We entered Year 2 with great excitement and […]

Why The Coaching Approach Matters The coaching approach is at the heart of our work at SPARC. Why? During the scoping for SPARC, as we sought to understand how to support countries to achieve better health outcomes for populations in sub Saharan Africa, one thing stood out clearly – countries wanted a different type of […]

What is Covid-19 Teaching Us? Who would have thought, as this year dawned, that mid-way through we would be reeling from the devastating effects of COVID-19 and making significant pivots in our work to adapt? SPARC has had to adjust to this new reality. This has seen us move from physical to online engagements, providing […]

“Health system resilience doesn’t happen by chance but by a series of deliberate decisions” ~Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Global CEO – Amref Health Africa Strategic health purchasing involves making deliberate decisions about what services and medicines to buy, how to contract with providers and pay them effectively, and how to ensure monitoring and accountability. So strategic […]