Background
The African Union Commission held an Official Side
Event on Health Financing in Africa on 24 July 2010 as
part of the 15th Ordinary Assembly of the African
Union in Kampala, Uganda. The objectives of the Side
Event were to (i) identify the reasons for the current
poor state of health financing in Africa and define what
could be done by both African and global stakeholders
to improve the situation and (ii) make a case for health
investment and financing, especially within a continuum
of care for maternal, infant and child health.