Many staff members of HHA organizations (African Development Bank, Joint United Nations Agency on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, World Bank and World Health Organization) provided valuable inputs for the HHA presentation. We are grateful to the African Union Commission for the invitation to the African Union Summit
and the Side Event on Health Financing. This article has benefited greatly from the valuable contributions of the panellists (of which LGS was a member) and government ministers present at the Side Event. Professors Peter Ndumbe, Germano Mwabu and Pascale Allotey provided invaluable suggestions that helped to improve the quality of the article. Kellen Kebaara
provided commendable editorial support. Jehovah Rapha’s all round support in the process of writing and revising the article was greatly appreciated. This article contains the perceptions and viewspoints of the authors only and does not represent the decisions or the stated policies of either the African Union or the World Health Organization.