Feb. 18, 2022
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have met with the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to discuss the WHO-EIB initiative aimed at promoting an innovative impact investment that will support health systems strengthening in Africa with a focus on Primary Health Care (PHC).
A joint statement was released by both organisations on on Thursday, WHO welcomed the new EIB commitments to support impact investing, in the context of a new tripartite initiative established to support countries across Africa to close the health funding gap, building resilient health systems based on a solid foundation of PHC, to help them reach health-related SDGs.
“WHO is joining forces with African partners, the EIB and the European Union to marry this significant investment with WHO’s experience and know-how to build resilient health systems. Innovative financing schemes such as this would bring together the work of WHO and the EIB, in a broader and systemic partnership combining grants, WHO technical assistance and impact investments”, the statement read.
