'Primary Health Care Without Financing Is Just a Promise' | #CPHIA2025 HOT TAKE

'Primary Health Care Without Financing Is Just a Promise' | #CPHIA2025 HOT TAKE

“𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑!” — Geredine Kandie, Technical Advisor at the Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) This 🔥 HOT TAKE from #CPHIA2025 cuts to the core of Africa’s health transformation. The message is clear: financing must be at the center of primary health care if we are to move from promises to real progress. Across plenaries and side events, the consensus was strong — the political will exists, and now it’s about execution. Primary health care is Africa’s best path to achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2030. But without sustainable financing, it remains an aspiration without impact. It’s no longer about what needs to be done — it’s about how we fund it.