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Africa Public Health Alliance & 15% Campaign

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Development Economics and Finance Environment Financing for Development HIV/AIDS Human Rights Information Population Refugees Social Development Sustainable Development Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and the environment Population: Morbidity and mortality Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Social policy Statistics: Development indicators International Economic and Social Classifications Sustainable Development: Demographics Finance Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation Integrated decision-making Partnerships
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Africa Public Health Alliance “15% Now!” campaign launched on December 10 2006 - International Human Rights Day - is the first to articulate Public Health for Africa as a Rights & Development issue - across Africa & beyond. It brings together actors from various key sectors of civil society & has Noble Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Honorary Chair / Patron. The Campaign is based on the premise that “we all have to be alive & well to exercise any other rights in any meaningful way” & therefore that Right to Health & to Healthcare is arguably the most crucial right of all as articulated by Article 16 of the African Charter on Human & Peoples Rights, the constitution of the World Health Organisation & Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights. Our analysis of current social development & health indicators from diverse international & African sources show that over 8 million African lives are lost annually to preventable, treatable & manageable health conditions & diseases mainly - Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, & TB. Any loss of life to disease is bad enough. The annual loss of populations equivalent to entire African countries - & over a few years greater than the losses from all modern day global wars & conflicts combined is both unacceptable & unsustainable, & brings Africa closer to the slippery slope of being socially & economically unviable. The scale of the crisis demonstrates the urgent need for population, demographic based, & health expenditure information & analysis to facilitate evidence based policymaking & advocacy. Importantly Public Health is not realizable without adequate & sustainable health financing. Meeting the Abuja 2001 by African leaders to allocate 15% or more of annual budgets to health is crucial to Public Health in Africa. Yet this pledge remains largely unmet with just two countries, Botswana & Seychelles demonstrating their commitment to the 15% pledge. The key objective of the Africa Public Health 15% Now Campaign is to engage the African Union, sub-Regional Economic Communities such as the East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) & Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) etc, their institutions / member countries, & the African public towards: 1) Utilizing timely & proactive provision of information, analysis to promote greater awareness & understanding of African Health & Development Issues 2) Actualization of the AU African Health Strategy, other African & Global Health Frameworks, Health based / Health Related MDG’s; & Universal Access Targets for Prevention, Treatment & Care; 3) Adoption of Comprehensive Health Policies based on a Public Health Rights & Development philosophy - & mobilizing the commitment of financial & other resources for sustainable implementation of health policies - including through meeting the 15% pledge.
Year established:	2006
Year of registration:	2007
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Yes
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources

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