March 3, 2026
In our second Thanzi Labwino (Better Health) online showcase, hosted in partnership with ECSA Health Community, the project team shared insights from forthcoming research publications on the theme ‘Economic Evaluation of Disease Elimination and Modelling Neglected Tropical Diseases’. The Thanzi Labwino (Better Health) project, funded by the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), aimed to generate new tools and evidence […]
February 24, 2026
The Thanzi Labwino (Better Health) project team, in partnership with ECSA Health Community, recently hosted the first of two online showcase events, on the theme ‘Building Sustainable Health Systems: Community Health and Health System Resilience’. Since December 2022, with support from the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), the team has worked to generate new tools and evidence to address […]
December 18, 2025
Introduction and context The 2025 meeting of the Health Economics Community of Practice (HE-COP) was convened in Rwanda to address the critical and shifting landscape of health financing across Africa and begin discussions regarding the future and sustainability of the HE-COP. Originally established by the East, Central & Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) in partnership with the University of York […]
October 30, 2025
Malawi faces critical decisions on how to allocate limited health system resources. The Thanzi La Onse (TLO) model is the first whole-population, multi-disease health system model for Malawi. By integrating economic production theory, it helps policymakers understand how shortages of health workers, supplies, and facilities impact health – and how targeted investments can deliver greater health gains. Here, we provide […]
July 31, 2025
Our third event in the ECSA Health Community Health Economics Community of Practice webinar series, supported by WHO-AFRO and the Thanzi Programme, took place on 29 July 2025. The objective of this webinar, on Community Health Workers, was to understand approaches to shaping and integrating community health systems into formal healthcare delivery in Africa, and explore methods and emerging evidence […]
July 23, 2025
In recent months we have witnessed a dramatic and rapid change to the funding landscape for HIV treatment and prevention across Africa. The withdrawal of USAID and PEPFAR funding has been publicised extensively and this, coupled with anticipated reductions in US contributions to the latest Global Fund renewal, raises serious questions about the sustainability of HIV programmes. Against the backdrop […]