Strategic Health Purchasing COVID-19 Lessons Learned

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the momentum in driving the strategic purchasing agenda towards attaining UHC around the globe. Our sub-Saharan African audience is interested in knowing whether strategic purchasing is relevant in the COVID-19 response. Specifically, how countries are re/allocating funding for the COVID-19 response and if there has been any change(s) in the public finance management (PFM) act to facilitate quick decision-making during the pandemic. For this reason, SPARC put together a lessons learned document to serve as a platform for sharing knowledge on best practices in strategic purchasing during the pandemic. The lessons highlighted in the document emanate from a series of virtual engagements (Twitter chats & webinars) facilitated by SPARC, featuring a mix of policymakers and technical experts. The result is quite a rich collection of messages, lessons and information on how countries utilized their limited resources, with limited and constantly changing information on the virus.

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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…