Mind the Gap: Recalibrating Primary Health Care Financing in Africa as a Political Economy Challenge

A recap of the panel the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) convened on April 27, 2026, the opening day of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi.

Its premise: primary health care financing in low- and middle-income countries is held back less by a lack of technical solutions than by weak political ownership, under-prioritization in budgets, fragmented accountability and a gap between universal health coverage commitments and what governments actually fund.

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