The world Health Organization asserts that a strategic purchaser prioritizes primary healthcare (PHC) and protects funding for those services. In the wake of COVID-19, it appeared that primary healthcare services […]
The COVID-19 Pandemic In Africa: Concerns For Primary Health Care And Spending
In this blog post, John Ataguba argues that primary healthcare in Africa has had a chequered history and COVID-19 is only exploiting gaps that already existed in provision of essential services. He provides recommendations for how this can be remedied
Rationing of Health Services During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a lot of health system challenges that cut across financing for the pandemic, service delivery, quality of care and continuum of care for other medical […]
What is Strategic Health Purchasing?
To understand that, we need to ask ourselves “what is purchasing?” Purchasing is the third function of health financing and so perhaps to really understand purchasing and strategic purchasing, we […]
Advice from a Mentor: Legitimacy, Flexibility & Credibility
By Agnes Munyua In February 2019, SPARC was invited by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary to provide support to an Expert Panel, which was commissioned to undertake a review that will transform […]
SPARC Appoints New Executive Director – Nkechi Olalere, M.D.
Amref Health Africa and Results for Development are pleased to announce the appointment of Nkechi Olalere, M.D. as the Executive Director of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC), effective […]
Amref Health Africa to Host the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center
Following a highly competitive partner selection process, Amref Health Africa has been chosen to host the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) — a new initiative aimed at strengthening strategic health purchasing in sub-Saharan […]