In its 25 June statement on the global health architecture, Gavi, while celebrating the progress in human capital and survival driven by international health investment over the past 25 years, underscores the “priority of alignment of scarce official development assistance with development priorities and strategies of recipient countries, as demonstrated recently through the Lusaka Agenda”.
In the statement, Gavi commits to “i) an ambitious internal reform programme through the Gavi Leap initiative ii) a commitment to deep meaningful engagement with other global health agencies to exploit synergy; and iii) proactive engagement in reform of the global health architecture…”.
The statement continues: “The Gavi Leap is a radical transformation programme which embraces new ways of working to prepare Gavi to deliver the ambitious goals of its next five-year strategy. Acting fast to respond to the challenges identified through the Lusaka Agenda, it places countries at the centre, simplifies operational procedures and funding.”
This is the Lusaka Agenda in action.
Read the full Gavi statement here.