Who We Are
About Us
Despite decades of reforms access to quality health care in Africa continues to be constrained by financial barriers and other health system challenges. More than half of the continent’s 1.3 billion people cannot access the health services they need due to high out-of-pocket costs, workforce shortages and other system issues. Achieving the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) target, will be impossible for many African countries if more innovative strategies are not developed and aggressively implemented. To ensure that ‘no one is left behind’, policymakers must have timely access to the best possible research evidence to make sure their health investments save as many lives as possible.
Our Mission
CHEFSIA’s mission is to generate scientifically rigorous evidence and strategies to support national and regional health financing and systems strengthening efforts. We pursue this mission by undertaking innovative, action-oriented, and impactful research to enhance Africa’s capacity to respond to the growing health systems challenges. We work in partnership with policymakers, academic institutions, non-government organisations and local communities to achieve our goals.
Our Vision
Our vision is to become Africa’s leading hub for health financing and systems research, accumulating and sharing pioneering cross-country research and policy-relevant knowledge to inform future health systems reform.
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Our Work
A significant part of what we do focuses on health financing, a critical building block of health systems.
