Clare Battle
@clarebattle.bsky.social
Policy analyst, geography geek, Londoner. Working on global health, system strengthening and development effectiveness.
If you could reimagine the global health system, what would it look like?
@wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health. Read the outcomes here:
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health. Read the outcomes here:
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
Bold ideas for a reformed global health system | Reports | Wellcome
Discussion papers commissioned by Wellcome bring together bold proposals from five different regions of the world for a reimagined global health architecture.
wellcome.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you could reimagine the global health system, what would it look like?
@wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health. Read the outcomes here:
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health. Read the outcomes here:
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
As the SGD 3 GAP sunsets, important reflections for all of us looking to build a more coordinated, collaborative and effective global health ecosystem
iris.who.int/handle/10665...
iris.who.int/handle/10665...
Accelerating progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals: insights and recommendations from the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All 2019-2025
iris.who.int
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
As the SGD 3 GAP sunsets, important reflections for all of us looking to build a more coordinated, collaborative and effective global health ecosystem
iris.who.int/handle/10665...
iris.who.int/handle/10665...
@cgdev.org suggest 3 priority actions for concessional funds:
Action 1: Commit to a moratorium on the creation of new funds
Action 2: Launch a review of the funds’ financial models
Action 3: Call for a fund-by-fund rethink of grant allocation models
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
Action 1: Commit to a moratorium on the creation of new funds
Action 2: Launch a review of the funds’ financial models
Action 3: Call for a fund-by-fund rethink of grant allocation models
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
The Concessional Funds Need a Major Overhaul: Action Items for FfD4
There is an urgent need to rethink the current concessional finance system to ensure that vital funds remain viable and effective. The vision should be one that points to fewer, yet better-resourced f...
www.cgdev.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@cgdev.org suggest 3 priority actions for concessional funds:
Action 1: Commit to a moratorium on the creation of new funds
Action 2: Launch a review of the funds’ financial models
Action 3: Call for a fund-by-fund rethink of grant allocation models
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
Action 1: Commit to a moratorium on the creation of new funds
Action 2: Launch a review of the funds’ financial models
Action 3: Call for a fund-by-fund rethink of grant allocation models
www.cgdev.org/blog/concess...
And as set out here, we need to see other global health organisations embrace reforms as well
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
International development is evolving from handouts to partnerships
A modernised approach to international development involves mutually beneficial relationships – and realising this vision requires reform
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
And as set out here, we need to see other global health organisations embrace reforms as well
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Really encouraging to see this from @gavi.org - better aligning ODA with recipient country priorities is critical www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
Gavi statement on the global health architecture
Noting the tremendous progress in human capital and survival as a result of 25 years of international investment in health since the Millenium Development Goals, and the subsequent Sustainable Develop...
www.gavi.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Really encouraging to see this from @gavi.org - better aligning ODA with recipient country priorities is critical www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
Wellcome is looking for 5 organisations to lead inclusive regional dialogues on the future of the global health architecture in i) Latin America & Caribbean ii) Africa iii) Asia & Pacific iv) Europe & N. America v) Middle East & Central Asia.
Submission deadline 13 July. More here: lnkd.in/ePcKjsmq
Submission deadline 13 July. More here: lnkd.in/ePcKjsmq
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lnkd.in
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Wellcome is looking for 5 organisations to lead inclusive regional dialogues on the future of the global health architecture in i) Latin America & Caribbean ii) Africa iii) Asia & Pacific iv) Europe & N. America v) Middle East & Central Asia.
Submission deadline 13 July. More here: lnkd.in/ePcKjsmq
Submission deadline 13 July. More here: lnkd.in/ePcKjsmq
'Gavi Leap' sees @gavi.org moving to one grant window for the Gavi 6.0 strategic cycle, which means that countries will only need to apply for funding once www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Gavi Leap: radical transformation for a new global health architecture
It has long been acknowledged that the global health system needs reform. Although
this system has improved public health, saved lives, and advanced health equity,1,2
it remains fragmented, uncoordina...
www.thelancet.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
'Gavi Leap' sees @gavi.org moving to one grant window for the Gavi 6.0 strategic cycle, which means that countries will only need to apply for funding once www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Clare Battle
New @cgdev.org blog.
@jmadankeller.bsky.social & I ask: can donors and the AU tie the replenishments of @GlobalFund and @gavi to real reform, in line with Lusaka Agenda? Empowering countries & building sustainable health systems that can withstand aid volatility?
www.cgdev.org/blog/gavi-an...
@jmadankeller.bsky.social & I ask: can donors and the AU tie the replenishments of @GlobalFund and @gavi to real reform, in line with Lusaka Agenda? Empowering countries & building sustainable health systems that can withstand aid volatility?
www.cgdev.org/blog/gavi-an...
Gavi and the Global Fund Replenishments: Donors Must Demand Real Reform
In the midst of a global health funding crisis, Gavi and the Global Fund are seeking substantial replenishments: $9 billion over five years and $18 billion over three years, respectively (Figure 1). B...
www.cgdev.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
New @cgdev.org blog.
@jmadankeller.bsky.social & I ask: can donors and the AU tie the replenishments of @GlobalFund and @gavi to real reform, in line with Lusaka Agenda? Empowering countries & building sustainable health systems that can withstand aid volatility?
www.cgdev.org/blog/gavi-an...
@jmadankeller.bsky.social & I ask: can donors and the AU tie the replenishments of @GlobalFund and @gavi to real reform, in line with Lusaka Agenda? Empowering countries & building sustainable health systems that can withstand aid volatility?
www.cgdev.org/blog/gavi-an...
Charting a Pathway for Sustainable Financing of Africa’s Resilience — Statement from Nairobi convening sets out key asks for reimagining sustainable models for human development and health systems across Africa www.ranafrica.org/news/chartin...
Charting a Pathway for Sustainable Financing of Africa’s Resilience — Statement - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)
www.ranafrica.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Charting a Pathway for Sustainable Financing of Africa’s Resilience — Statement from Nairobi convening sets out key asks for reimagining sustainable models for human development and health systems across Africa www.ranafrica.org/news/chartin...
"The new era of global health must be rapidly constructed without seeking merely to restore what was." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global health
An era in global health, inaugurated in 2000 by the UN Millennium Declaration,1 has
passed. This era saw large increases in domestic spending on health and official development
assistance for health,2...
www.thelancet.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"The new era of global health must be rapidly constructed without seeking merely to restore what was." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"When the same actors who have long benefitted from imbalance lead the calls for equity without changing the underlying incentives, the result is stasis in the name of progress". www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Rethinking aid: A call for genuine transformation in the development paradigm | Development Today
Aid in the Global South - and in Africa, in particular - has at times functioned as a mechanism of control, entrenching asymmetries under the guise of assistance....
www.development-today.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"When the same actors who have long benefitted from imbalance lead the calls for equity without changing the underlying incentives, the result is stasis in the name of progress". www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Reposted by Clare Battle
An Advocate’s Dilemma: Defending Official Development Assistance or Reducing Aid Dependency?
Guest Essay by @katribertram.bsky.social
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #259 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/an-advocat...
Guest Essay by @katribertram.bsky.social
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #259 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/an-advocat...
March 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An Advocate’s Dilemma: Defending Official Development Assistance or Reducing Aid Dependency?
Guest Essay by @katribertram.bsky.social
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #259 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/an-advocat...
Guest Essay by @katribertram.bsky.social
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #259 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/an-advocat...
"Self-sufficiency must be the aim. African governments must insist on partnerships on their own terms, and, along with civil society in Africa, must control what gets funded and reject processes that undermine the whole system." www.bmj.com/content/388/...
After USAID: what now for aid and Africa?
Seize this opportunity to reframe aid and centre local health needs
The Trump administration’s shocking decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) overnight ...
www.bmj.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Self-sufficiency must be the aim. African governments must insist on partnerships on their own terms, and, along with civil society in Africa, must control what gets funded and reject processes that undermine the whole system." www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Gerald Manthulu, MoH Malawi: DAH is currently driven by top down priority setting, rather than responding to country needs. This is what the Lusaka Agenda seeks to shift
March 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gerald Manthulu, MoH Malawi: DAH is currently driven by top down priority setting, rather than responding to country needs. This is what the Lusaka Agenda seeks to shift
At #AHAIC2025, hearing references to the #LusakaAgenda, and wondering what it is? Find it here: futureofghis.org/final-output...
The Lusaka Agenda: Conclusions of the Future of Global Health Initiatives Process – FGHIcross
futureofghis.org
March 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
At #AHAIC2025, hearing references to the #LusakaAgenda, and wondering what it is? Find it here: futureofghis.org/final-output...
"This particular moment...provides a window to refocus all existing donor funding for health on core government priorities and to put in place protections to mitigate against the impact of aid volatility"
www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi...
www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi...
Montreux Collaborative
www.pfm4health.net
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"This particular moment...provides a window to refocus all existing donor funding for health on core government priorities and to put in place protections to mitigate against the impact of aid volatility"
www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi...
www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi...
Attending the #AHAIC2025 conference in Kigali next week,?
Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC.
You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets
Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC.
You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Attending the #AHAIC2025 conference in Kigali next week,?
Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC.
You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets
Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC.
You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets
Really interesting insights from Malawi on the impact of the US aid freeze on the country's health sector: to understand impact we need to understand how much funding aligned with country priorities batumeyo.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-p...
My perspective on the impact of the aid freeze on the health sector in a low-income setting
My perspective on the impact of the aid freeze on the health sector in a low - income setting The recent aid freeze by the American Gov...
batumeyo.blogspot.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Really interesting insights from Malawi on the impact of the US aid freeze on the country's health sector: to understand impact we need to understand how much funding aligned with country priorities batumeyo.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-p...
Interesting analysis of GHI alignment issues in relation to Nigeria's health agenda journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/JB... #LusakaAgenda
Spotlighting Nigeria's New Health Agenda: A Case Study on the Alignment of Global Health Initiatives with National Health Priorities Through the SRMNCAEH+N Lens
| British Journal of Healthca...
journals.scholarpublishing.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Interesting analysis of GHI alignment issues in relation to Nigeria's health agenda journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/JB... #LusakaAgenda
Examining aid fragmentation and collaboration opportunities in Cambodia’s health sector: study "unveils a tendency among donor countries for launching numerous, highly specialized projects, diverging from a collective, strategic health intervention" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Examining aid fragmentation and collaboration opportunities in Cambodia’s health sector - Globalization and Health
Background Cambodia’s health sector faces significant challenges exacerbated by aid fragmentation, where development aid is dispersed among numerous small, uncoordinated projects. This study examines ...
link.springer.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Examining aid fragmentation and collaboration opportunities in Cambodia’s health sector: study "unveils a tendency among donor countries for launching numerous, highly specialized projects, diverging from a collective, strategic health intervention" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Interesting reflections from @cgdev.org and @who.int colleagues on what alignment with PFM systems actually means for health financing www.cgdev.org/blog/money-t... #LusakaAgenda
Money Talks: The Lusaka Agenda Financing Alignment Indicators
Just over a year ago, the Future of Global Health Initiatives process concluded with the publication of the Lusaka Agenda, which recognized that the current global health financing architecture needs ...
www.cgdev.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Interesting reflections from @cgdev.org and @who.int colleagues on what alignment with PFM systems actually means for health financing www.cgdev.org/blog/money-t... #LusakaAgenda
Reposted by Clare Battle
Africans are least represented in global health organizations, boards, conferences, and publications
Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
December 31, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Africans are least represented in global health organizations, boards, conferences, and publications
Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Today’s #UHC day marks 1st anniversary of the launch of the #LusakaAgenda, which outlined 5 key shifts to shape the evolution of GHIs and the broader global health financing ecosystem.
futureofghis.org/final-output...
A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)
futureofghis.org/final-output...
A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)
The Lusaka Agenda: Conclusions of the Future of Global Health Initiatives Process – FGHIcross
futureofghis.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Today’s #UHC day marks 1st anniversary of the launch of the #LusakaAgenda, which outlined 5 key shifts to shape the evolution of GHIs and the broader global health financing ecosystem.
futureofghis.org/final-output...
A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)
futureofghis.org/final-output...
A short 🧵on some of the things that have happened since (1/8)